Chinese symbol for “green”
绿色
lǜ sè
Traditional: 綠色
green
The closest CC-CEDICT match for green is 绿色 (lǜ sè), defined as: green.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “green”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绿 (綠) | lǜ | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子 (lǜ mào zi)) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) |
| 青 | qīng | green; blue |
| 芊 | qiān | green; luxuriant growth |
| 果岭 (果嶺) | guǒ lǐng | green (golf) (loanword) |
| 碧瓦 | bì wǎ | green; glazed tile |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绿色.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绿化 (綠化) | lǜ huà | to make green with plants; to reforest |
| 绿地 (綠地) | lǜ dì | green area (e.g. urban park or garden) |
| 绿洲 (綠洲) | lǜ zhōu | oasis |
| 绿茶 (綠茶) | lǜ chá | green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities |
| 绿卡 (綠卡) | lǜ kǎ | permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 颜色 (顏色) | yán sè | color; countenance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “green”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.