The Chinese word 橙色 (chéng sè), meaning "orange (the color)", is a straightforward compound word formed through semantic combination. It directly combines the character 橙 (chéng), which means "orange (the fruit)", with the character 色 (sè), which means "color". This follows a common and logical pattern in Chinese word formation, where the name of a common object or fruit is paired with "色" to denote the color associated with that object, resulting in the meaning "the color of an orange".