The Chinese word for green is
绿色
lǜ sè
Chinese Definition
| green | |
| 1. 名词. 綠色 | |
| Components | |
| 绿 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 綠 | |
| 色 | |
| 1. color; tint; hue; shade | |
| 顏色 - color | |
| 顏色shǎi兒r - color | |
| 紅色 - red | |
| 四.色.定理 - four color theorem | |
| 2. look; expression | |
| 臉色 - facial expression | |
| 3. scenery; circumstance | |
| 景色 - scenery | |
| 夜色 - night scenery | |
| 4. kind; sort | |
| 貨色 - goods; stuff; trash; rubbish; quality of goods; specification | |
| 5. feminine charm; beauty | |
| 姿色 - good looks (of women) | |
| 6. lust; sexual desire | |
| 好hào色 - to lust for women | |
| 色情 - pornography; sexual desire | |
| 7. (colloquial) perverted; being a pervert; lecherous | |
| 8. theatrical role | |
| 角jué色 - role; part | |
| 9. metallic content | |
| 成色 - purity (of a precious metal in an alloy) | |
| 10. die (a cube with numbers or symbols on each side, used in games of chance) | |
| 色shǎi子zi - die | |
| 11. (Buddhism) (l-lite, pi, rūpa) (form; material element; form of existence; etc.) | |
| 色 即 是 空，空 即 是 色。 - Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. | |
| 12. (transgender slang) Short for 色普龍; cypro (cyproterone acetate) |
Translations for 色 and their definitions
| 綠色的 | |
| 1. green |
| 綠色 | |
| 1. n. the color green | |
| 2. adj. (agriculture, of food) pollutant-free; organic; healthy | |
| 3. adj. environmentally friendly; eco-friendly; sustainable | |
| 綠色 建築 - eco-friendly architecture | |
| 4. adj. focused on environmental protection and sustainable development | |
| 綠色 教育 - education with a focus on environmental protection |
| 绿色 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 綠色 |
| 青 | |
| 1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 鮮 (chhiⁿ) | |
| 2. fresh | |
| 3. (of clothes) bright; pretty; neat |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
lǜ sè
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