HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Adjectives

绿色 lǜsè “green” in Chinese

Traditional 綠色

What 绿色 means

  1. green

How to say 绿色

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale绿lǜ4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

绿色 in a sentence

  1. 她有绿色的眼睛。

    Tā yǒu lǜsè de yǎnjing.

    She has green eyes.

    Sentence #3076586 from Tatoeba

  2. 草为什么是绿色的？

    Cǎo wèishénme shì lǜsè de?

    Why is grass green?

    Sentence #13954780 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 你要绿色的还是蓝色的？

    Nǐ yào lǜsè de háishi lánsè de?

    Do you want the green one or the blue one?

    Sentence #417376 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 绿色 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 绿 (lǜ) with each of its parts in a different colour
绿lǜgreen
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 录to copy · lùSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 录 (lù) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǜ.

The character 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 绿色

绿 11 strokes · 色 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

绿色 (lǜsè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 绿色 (lǜsè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 绿色

Words with 绿

绿茶lǜchá · green tea绿lǜ · green红绿灯hónglǜdēng · traffic lights

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery出色chūsè · remarkable角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour特色tèsè · distinctive feature

More words: Adjectives

白色báisè · white不错bùcuò · not bad黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)没意思méiyìsi · boring有意思yǒuyìsi · interesting矮ǎi · short安静ānjìng · quiet

FAQs

绿色 (lǜsè) means “green”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it lǜsè: lǜ with a 4th tone, then sè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 绿色 is written 綠色. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luse with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 绿色 from the suggestions. Typing luse into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
绿色 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.