绿

lǜ

green; chlorine

How to write 绿, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 纟 (silk), phonetic 录

Made of 纟 + 录

绿色lǜ sègreen
绿灯lǜ dēnggreen light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed
绿洲lǜ zhōuoasis
绿卡lǜ kǎpermanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
绿茶lǜ chágreen tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities
红绿灯hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
绿草lǜ cǎogreen grass
品绿pǐn lǜlight green
墨绿mò lǜdark green; forest green
墨绿色mò lǜ sèdark or deep green
小绿人xiǎo lǜ rénlittle green men from Mars
巴黎绿bā lí lǜParis green; copper(II) acetoarsenite Cu(C2H3O2)2·3Cu(AsO2)2

我不喜欢绿茶。
wǒ bù xǐ huan lǜ chá 。
I don't care for green tea.
绿灯时，拐弯车要让人。
lǜ dēng shí ， guǎi wān chē yào ràng rén 。
When the light is green, cars turning must yield to pedestrians.
那幢绿色屋顶的建筑是什么？
nà zhuàng lǜ sè wū dǐng de jiàn zhù shì shén me ？
What is that building with the green roof?
这里小区的绿地面积有多少？
zhè lǐ xiǎo qū de lǜ dì miàn jī yǒu duō shǎo ？
What is the size of this district's greenery area?
这树全年常绿。
zhè shù quán nián cháng lǜ 。
The tree is green all year round.