Mandarin · 8 November 2026 · Structural Particles
红色的紅色的
hóngsè dePinyin
red
adjective phrase / noun phrase
A color modifier constructed by linking '紅色' with the noun-modifying particle '的'. It can function as an attribute before a noun or as a standalone noun phrase to mean 'the red one'.
In a sentence
她总是戴着一顶红色的帽子，所以大家都叫她小红帽。
tā zǒng shì dài zhe yì dǐng hóng sè de mào zi suǒ yǐ dà jiā dōu jiào
She always wore a red hood, so everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood.