綠色

See also: 緑色 and 绿色

Chinese

		green	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (綠色)		綠	色
simp. (绿色)		绿	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǜsè

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄙㄜˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu² se²
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ sik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liu̍k-set
Eastern Min (BUC): luŏh-sáik
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-sek / lia̍k-siak

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêg⁸ sêg⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq-seq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǜsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyùsè
  - Wade–Giles: lü⁴-sê⁴
  - Yale: lyù-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhseh
  - Palladius: люйсэ (ljujsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nu² se²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: luse
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹ sɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ sik¹
  - Yale: luhk sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liu̍k-set
  - Hakka Romanization System: liug sed^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liug⁶ sed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯uk̚⁵ set̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: luŏh-sáik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uoʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)laiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-sek
  - Tâi-lô: li̍k-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: legseg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-siak
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍k-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liagsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêg⁸ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: le̍k sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lek̚⁴⁻² sek̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸loq-seq
  - MiniDict: loh^入 seh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq-seq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ səʔ²³/

Noun

綠色

the color green

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 綠色 (“green”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		綠色
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	綠色
	Malaysia	綠色, 青色
	Singapore	綠色, 青色
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	綠顏色, 綠色
Cantonese	Hong Kong	綠色
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	青色, 綠色
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青色
	Kuching (Hepo)	青色
Southern Min	Xiamen	綠色
	Taipei	綠色
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	綠色
	Kaohsiung	綠色
	Yilan	綠色
	Changhua (Lukang)	綠
	Taichung	青色
	Tainan	綠色
	Hsinchu	綠色
	Kinmen	綠
	Penghu (Magong)	綠
	Penang (Hokkien)	青色
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青色
	Manila (Hokkien)	青色, 綠色
	Medan (Hokkien)	青色
	Shantou	青色
	Singapore (Teochew)	青色
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	綠色
Wu	Shanghai	綠顏色

Adjective

綠色

(agriculture, of food) pollutant-free; organic; healthy
environmentally friendly; eco-friendly; sustainable
綠色建築／绿色建筑 ― lǜsè jiànzhù ― eco-friendly architecture
focused on environmental protection and sustainable development
綠色教育／绿色教育 ― lǜsè jiàoyù ― education with a focus on environmental protection

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
綠	色
りょく Jinmeiyō	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

綠(りょく)色(しょく) • (ryokushoku)

Kyūjitai form of 緑色

Korean

Hanja in this term
綠	色

Noun

綠色 • (noksaek) (hangeul 녹색)

hanja form^? of 녹색 (“green (colour)”)

綠色

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Adjective

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Noun

Korean

Noun

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia

Colors in Chinese · 顏色 / 颜色 (layout · text)
白色	灰色	黑色
紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红	橙色; 棕色, 褐色	黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色
青檸色 / 青柠色	綠色 / 绿色
青色; 深青色	湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色	藍色 / 蓝色
紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色	洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色	粉紅色 / 粉红色