lǜ sè
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我喜欢绿色的衣服。
wǒ xǐhuān lǜsè de yīfu.
I like green clothes.
草地是绿色的。
cǎodì shì lǜsè de.
The grass is green.
绿灯亮了，可以走了。
lǜdēng liàngle, kěyǐ zǒule.
The green light is on, you can go.
红色 (hóng sè)
red
蓝色 (lán sè)
blue
The Chinese word 绿色 (lǜsè) for "green" is composed of two characters: 绿 (lǜ) and 色 (sè). The character 绿 originally meant "lush vegetation" or "verdant," and was later extended to mean "green" in general. It is composed of the radical 艹 (cǎo), which represents plants or vegetation, and the phonetic component 鹿 (lù), which is a deer. The character 色 originally meant "color" or "hue," and was later extended to mean "appearance" or "look." It is composed of the radical 糸 (mì), which represents silk or thread, and the phonetic component 色 (sè), which is a variant of the character 食 (shí), which means "to eat." Thus, the character 绿色 literally means "the color of lush vegetation," and is used to refer to the color green in general.
