coral in Chinese
coral in Chinese is 珊瑚 — coral means a hard, often colourful structure built by tiny marine animals, or the animals themselves, that forms reefs in warm seas.
coral in Chinese
珊瑚
Pronounced: shān hú
Having the orange-pink color of coral.
珊瑚
Pronounced: shān hú
(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
What does "coral" mean?
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noun A hard, often colourful structure built by tiny marine animals, or the animals themselves, that forms reefs in warm seas.
"Divers explored the coral reef teeming with fish."
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noun A yellowish-pink colour resembling that of red coral.
"She painted the bedroom walls a soft coral."
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adj Having the yellowish-pink colour of coral, or made from coral.
"She wore a coral dress to the wedding."
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coral in a sentence
- Divers explored the coral reef teeming with fish.
- She painted the bedroom walls a soft coral.
- She wore a coral dress to the wedding.
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What is "coral" in Chinese?
"coral" in Chinese is 珊瑚. coral means: A hard, often colourful structure built by tiny marine animals, or the animals themselves, that forms reefs in warm seas.
How do you pronounce 珊瑚?
"coral" in Chinese is 珊瑚, pronounced "shān hú".
How do you use "coral" in a sentence?
Example: "Divers explored the coral reef teeming with fish." In Chinese, "coral" is 珊瑚.
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