绿色

Character by character

• 绿lǜ11 strokesHSK 2 traditional 綠green; chlorine
• 色sè6 strokesHSK 2color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 变成了绿色。

  Biàn chéng le lǜ sè

  It turned green.

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• 山是绿色的。

  Shān shì lǜ sè de

  The mountain is green.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 绿色. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 角色jué sèHSK 4

  role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè]

• 色sèHSK 4

  color; look; appearance; sex

• 颜色yán sèHSK 2

  color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff

• 出色chū sèHSK 4

  remarkable; outstanding

• 红色hóng sèHSK 2

  red (color); revolutionary

• 黑色hēi sèHSK 2

  black

• 绿lǜHSK 2

  green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

• 白色bái sèHSK 2

  white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist

• 蓝色lán sèHSK 2

  blue (color)

• 特色tè sèHSK 3

  characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality

• 黄色huáng sèHSK 2

  yellow (color); pornographic

• 色彩sè cǎiHSK 4

  tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character

• 脸色liǎn sèHSK 5

  complexion; look

• 粉色fěn sè

  pink; white; erotic; beautiful woman; powdered (with make-up)

• 灰色huī sèHSK 5

  gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous

• 彩色cǎi sèHSK 3

  color; multicolored

• 景色jǐng sèHSK 3

  scenery; scene; landscape; view

• 棕色zōng sè

  brown

• 本色běn sèHSK 7

  inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities

• 绿灯lǜ dēngHSK 7

  green light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed

• 绿茶lǜ cháHSK 3

  green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities

• 气色qì sè

  complexion

• 绿地lǜ dìHSK 7

  green area (e.g. urban park or garden)

• 神色shén sè

  expression; look