How to say “make green” in Chinese

绿化
lǜhuà

make green, plant greenery

verb · HSK 6 · topic “Energy, ecology, disasters”

“Make green” in Chinese is 绿化, lǜ huà: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

绿化 is read lǜ huà: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

lǜ — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
huà — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

How to write it

绿
lǜ — green

It also has the “thread” 纟.

化
huà — transform, change

On the left, 亻 “person”.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “绿化”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 绿化. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 这个小区的绿化做得很好zhègexiǎoqūdelǜhuàzuòdehěnhǎoThis residential complex has lovely greenery.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “make green” in Chinese?

“Make green” in Chinese is 绿化, pinyin lǜhuà.

What does 绿化 mean?

绿化 (lǜhuà) means “make green, plant greenery”.

How do you write 绿化?

绿化 is 2 characters: 绿 (lǜ) — green; 化 (huà) — transform, change. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 绿化?

绿化 is read lǜhuà. Tones: lǜ — fourth tone, huà — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“make green” in the lesson “Water, noise and greenery”

This word is from the topic “Energy, ecology, disasters” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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