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Chinese symbol for “greenhouse”

温室
wēn shì
Traditional: 溫室
greenhouse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for greenhouse is 温室 (wēn shì), defined as: greenhouse.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

温 wēn
warm, lukewarm
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
室 shì
house, home; room, chamber
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “greenhouse”

WordPinyinMeaning
大棚dà pénggreenhouse; polytunnel
花房huā fánggreenhouse
暖棚nuǎn pénggreenhouse; polytunnel
暖房nuǎn fángheating; central heating
洞子dòng zicave; pit

Related words

Other words that share a character with 温室.

WordPinyinMeaning
温度 (溫度)wēn dùtemperature; 个 (gè)
温暖 (溫暖)wēn nuǎnwarm
温柔 (溫柔)wēn róugentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
气温 (氣溫)qì wēnair temperature
高温 (高溫)gāo wēnhigh temperature
温和 (溫和)wēn hémild; gentle
办公室 (辦公室)bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises
实验室 (實驗室)shí yàn shìlaboratory; 间 (jiān)

See also: Japanese symbol for “greenhouse”.

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.