Chinese symbol for “oasis”
绿洲
lǜ zhōu
Traditional: 綠洲
oasis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for oasis is 绿洲 (lǜ zhōu), defined as: oasis.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绿洲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绿色 (綠色) | lǜ sè | green |
| 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) |
| 三角洲 | sān jiǎo zhōu | delta (geography) |
| 洲际 (洲際) | zhōu jì | intercontinental |
| 大洲 | dà zhōu | continent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “oasis”.
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.