| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 碧綠 | 碧绿 | bì lǜ | dark green |
| 常綠 | 常绿 | cháng lǜ | evergreen |
| 翠綠 | 翠绿 | cuì lǜ | (adj) greenish-blue; emerald green |
| 膽綠素 | 胆绿素 | dǎn lǜ sù | biliverdin |
| 紅綠燈 | 红绿灯 | hóng lǜ dēng | (red and green) traffic light; traffic signal |
| 輝綠岩 | 辉绿岩 | huī lǜ yán | diabase (geol.); dolerite |
| 綠 | 绿 | lǜ | green |
| 綠茶 | 绿茶 | lǜ chá | green tea |
| 綠春 | 绿春 | Lǜ chūn | (N) Luchun (place in Yunnan) |
| 綠黨 | 绿党 | lǜ dǎng | worldwide green parties |
| 綠島鄉 | 绿岛乡 | Lǜ dǎo xiāng | (N) Lutao, Green Island (village in Taiwan) |
| 綠燈 | 绿灯 | lǜ dēng | green light |
| 綠豆 | 绿豆 | lǜ dòu | mung bean |
| 綠猴屬 | 绿猴属 | Lǜ hóu shǔ | Chlorocebus |
| 綠化 | 绿化 | lǜ huà | (v) to make green with plants, reforest |
| 綠化屋頂 | 绿化屋顶 | lǜ huà wū dǐng | green roof |
| 綠精靈 | 绿精灵 | Lǜ jīng líng | Green Elves |
| 綠卡 | 绿卡 | lǜ kǎ | United States permanent resident card; green card |
| 綠皮書 | 绿皮书 | lǜ pí shū | green paper |
| 綠區 | 绿区 | lǜ qū | (Baghdad) green zone |
| 綠色 | 绿色 | lǜ sè | green |
| 綠松石 | 绿松石 | lǜ sōng shí | turquoise |
| 綠尾虹雉 | 绿尾虹雉 | Lǜ wěi hóng zhì | Chinese Monal |
| 綠袖子 | 绿袖子 | Lǜ xiù zi | Greensleeves |
| 綠營 | 绿营 | lǜ yíng | Green Standard Army |
| 綠洲 | 绿洲 | lǜ zhōu | oasis |
| 青山綠水 | 青山绿水 | qīng shān lǜ shuǐ | verdant hills and green waters |
| 蛇綠岩 | 蛇绿岩 | shé lǜ yán | ophiolite (geol.) |
| 鴨綠江 | 鸭绿江 | Yā lù jiāng | Yalu River |
| 葉綠素 | 叶绿素 | yè lǜ sù | chlorophyll |
| 葉綠體 | 叶绿体 | yè lǜ tǐ | chloroplast |
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