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植物

zhí wù

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 种

植物 (zhí wù) means "plant". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 植物 means

1. plant
2. vegetation

The characters in 植物

• 植zhíto plant
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Example sentences

• 树是植物。
  Trees are plants.
• 玛丽喜欢植物
  Mǎlì xǐhuan zhíwù
  Mary likes plants.
• 植物能说话吗？
  Can plants talk?
• 别忘记浇植物。
  Remember to water the plants.
• 玛丽喜欢植物。
  Mary likes plants.
• 从根部把植物拔出来。
  Pull the plant up by the roots.

Words starting with 植物

• 植物园zhí wù yuánbotanical garden; arboretum
• 植物人zhí wù rénperson in a vegetative state; human vegetable
• 植物学zhí wù xuébotany
• 植物油zhí wù yóuvegetable oil
• 植物界zhí wù jièKingdom Plantae (biology)
• 植物群zhí wù qúnflora
• 植物肉zhí wù ròuplant-based meat
• 植物学家zhí wù xué jiābotanist
• 植物状态zhí wù zhuàng tàivegetative state (medicine)
• 植物人状态zhí wù rén zhuàng tàivegetative state (i.e. in a coma)
• 植物化学成分zhí wù huà xué chéng fènphytochemical
• 植物牛油zhí wù niú yóumargarine
• 植物脂肪zhí wù zhī fángvegetable fat

Words containing 植物

• 动植物dòng zhí wùplants and animals; flora and fauna
• 多肉植物duō ròu zhí wùsucculent (plant)
• 木本植物mù běn zhí wùwoody plant
• 种子植物zhǒng zi zhí wùseed plant
• 草本植物cǎo běn zhí wùherbaceous plant
• 被子植物bèi zǐ zhí wùangiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
• 隐花植物yǐn huā zhí wùCryptogamae; cryptogamous plant (botany); plants such as algae 藻类
• 杂交植物zá jiāo zhí wùhybrid plant
• 显花植物xiǎn huā zhí wùPhanerogamae (botany); flowering plants
• 维管束植物wéi guǎn shù zhí wùvascular plants; tracheophytes (botany)
• 被子植物门bèi zǐ zhí wù ménangiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
• 野生植物yě shēng zhí wùplants in the wild
• 野生动植物园yě shēng dòng zhí wù yuánwildlife park; safari park
• 常绿植物cháng lǜ zhí wùevergreen plant
• 落叶植物luò yè zhí wùdeciduous plant; deciduous vegetation
• 针叶植物zhēn yè zhí wùneedle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
• 食虫植物shí chóng zhí wùinsectivorous plant
• 豆科植物dòu kē zhí wùlegume; leguminous plant
• 裸子植物luǒ zǐ zhí wùgymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
• 裸子植物门luǒ zǐ zhí wù méngymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
• 蔓生植物màn shēng zhí wùcreeper; climbing plant; twiner
• 藤本植物téng běn zhí wùvine plant
• 持续性植物状态chí xù xìng zhí wù zhuàng tàipersistent vegetative state (medicine)
• 濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约Bīn wēi Yě shēng Dòng Zhí wù zhǒng Guó jì Mào yì Gōng yuēConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

Sounds the same

Read zhí wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 职务post; position; job

Where 植物 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Environment & protection (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhí wù correctly.
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