綠 (luk6 | lv4) : green

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綠

luk6

lv4

[1] green (colour)
[2] old character for chlorine, now written 氯

Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

綠 / 绿

Don't confuse with:
祿

This word has been viewed 10109 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Apr 2019 17:02

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綠茶 luk6 caa4 lv4 cha2 = green tea

綠豆 luk6 dau6*2 = mung bean

綠色 luk6 sik1 lv4 se4 = green

綠油油 luk6 jau4 jau4*2 lv4 you2 you2 = lush green

紅綠燈 hung4 luk6 dang1 hong2 lv4 deng1 = traffic light

碧綠 bik1 luk6 bi4 lv4 = deep green

翠綠 ceoi3 luk6 cui4 lv4 = green-blue; emerald green

綠寶石 luk6 bou2 sek6 = emerald

綠皮書 luk6 pei4 syu1 = (Britain) green book; green paper (elicits public commentary on proposed new policy)

青綠色 ceng1 luk6 sik1 qing1 lv4 se4 = cyan, lime green
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綠茶對你好有益㗎！粵 ?!
Green tea is very good (healthy) for you!
[the audio actually mispronounced as 綿荼 (which either doesn't exist or really rare)]

我唔沖涼係好芝麻綠豆嘅事嚟嘅啫，唔好喺到囉囉唆唆！粵
That I don't take a bath is such a trifling matter, stop nagging at me here!

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Decimal representation of this word: 綠
Unicode code for this character: U+7da0 (off-site link)

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