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绿

lǜ

HSK 3 Character Traditional 綠

What 绿 means

1. green
2. slang(derived from {绿帽子|lǜ mào zi}) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

Other readings

绿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lùused in names

Example sentences

• 是绿色。
  It's green.
• 树是绿的。
  The trees are green.
• 现在是绿灯。
  Xiànzài shì lǜdēng.
  The light is green.
• 你喝绿茶吗？
  Nǐ hē lǜchá ma?
  Do you drink green tea?
• 绿色适合你。
  Green suits you.
• 灯由红变绿。
  The light changed from red to green.

Words starting with 绿

• 绿色lǜ sègreen
• 绿化lǜ huàto make green with plants; to reforest; (net slang) Islamization
• 绿茶lǜ chágreen tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating…
• 绿地lǜ dìgreen area (e.g. urban park or garden)
• 绿叶lǜ yègreen leaf; (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
• 绿豆lǜ dòumung bean
• 绿树lǜ shùtrees; greenery
• 绿卡lǜ kǎpermanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
• 绿灯lǜ dēnggreen light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed
• 绿洲lǜ zhōuoasis
• 绿油油lǜ yóu yóulush green; verdant
• 绿水lǜ shuǐgreen water; crystal-clear water
• 绿荫lǜ yīnthe shade (of a tree)
• 绿化带lǜ huà dàilandscaped green strip; planted green belt
• 绿树成荫lǜ shù chéng yīn(idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage; (of a road) to be tree-lined
• 绿茵lǜ yīngrassy area
• 绿营Lǜ yíngGreen Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming…
• 绿林Lù línplace in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han…
• 绿区lǜ qū(Baghdad) green zone
• 绿幕lǜ mùgreen screen
• 绿教Lǜ jiào(derog.) (slang) Islam
• 绿植lǜ zhígreen plant
• 绿盘lǜ pán(of a stock price or market index) currently lower than at the previous day's close
• 绿绿lǜ lǜ(derog.) (slang) Muslim person

Words containing 绿

• 红绿灯hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
• 碧绿bì lǜdark green
• 花花绿绿huā huā lǜ lǜbrightly colored; gaudy
• 翠绿cuì lǜgreenish-blue; emerald green
• 灯红酒绿dēng hóng jiǔ lǜlanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking…
• 鸭绿江Yā lù JiāngYalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
• 青山绿水qīng shān lǜ shuǐ(lit.) green hills and clear waters (idiom); (fig.) picturesque natural scenery
• 墨绿色mò lǜ sèdark or deep green
• 青绿qīng lǜlush green; dark green; turquoise
• 嫩绿nèn lǜtender green; soft green
• 常绿cháng lǜevergreen
• 墨绿mò lǜdark green; forest green
• 黄绿huáng lǜyellow-green
• 品绿pǐn lǜlight green
• 水绿shuǐ lǜlight green
• 洗绿xǐ lǜto greenwash
• 深绿shēn lǜdark green
• 军绿jūn lǜarmy green
• 小绿人xiǎo lǜ rén(Taiwan) animated green pedestrian crossing signal figure
• 巴黎绿bā lí lǜParis green; copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2
• 常绿树cháng lǜ shùevergreen tree
• 李绿园Lǐ Lǜ yuánLi Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路灯
• 开绿灯kāi lǜ dēngto give the green light; to give the go-ahead
• 鬼火绿guǐ huǒ lǜ(dialect) flaming mad; furious

Characters built on 录

These share the phonetic component 录 (lù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 氯lǜchlorine (chemistry)
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 禄lùgood fortune; official salary
• 箓lùrecord book; archive; Taoist written charm; document of prophecy attesting to dynastic…
• 逯lùto walk cautiously; to walk aimlessly
• 渌lùclear (water); strain liquids

Characters that look like 绿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 狼lángwolf
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 禄lùgood fortune; official salary
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read lǜ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 律law
• 虑to think over; to consider; anxiety
• 率(bound form) ratio; rate; proportion
• 滤to strain; to filter
• 氯chlorine (chemistry)
• 葎Humulus japonicus
• 鑢polishing tool
• 膟sacrificial flesh
• 垏(literary) earth ridge between fields; (used in place names)
• 嵂to rise sharply; to tower
• 卛old variant of 率