Chinese symbol for “verdant”
郁郁葱葱
yù yù cōng cōng
Traditional: 鬱鬱蔥蔥
(idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush
The closest CC-CEDICT match for verdant is 郁郁葱葱 (yù yù cōng cōng), defined as: (idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “verdant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苍翠 (蒼翠) | cāng cuì | verdant |
| 葱郁 (蔥鬱) | cōng yù | verdant; lush green and full of life |
| 葱绿 (蔥綠) | cōng lǜ | verdant |
| 滴翠 | dī cuì | verdant; green |
| 绿油油 (綠油油) | lǜ yóu yóu | lush green; verdant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 郁郁葱葱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忧郁 (憂鬱) | yōu yù | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected |
| 郁闷 (鬱悶) | yù mèn | gloomy; depressed |
| 抑郁 (抑鬱) | yì yù | depressed; despondent; gloomy |
| 浓郁 (濃郁) | nóng yù | rich; strong |
| 抑郁症 (抑鬱症) | yì yù zhèng | clinical depression |
| 忧郁症 (憂鬱症) | yōu yù zhèng | (psychology) depression |
| 洋葱 (洋蔥) | yáng cōng | onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion |
| 青葱 (青蔥) | qīng cōng | scallion; green onion |
| 大葱 (大蔥) | dà cōng | leek; Chinese onion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “verdant”.
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.