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綠
简 绿 · 繁 綠Mandarin · pinyin lù#
Meanings · lù
- used in names
Mandarin · pinyin lǜ#
Meanings · lǜ
- green
- (slang) (derived from 綠帽子 lǜ mào zi) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
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Cantonese word readings for 綠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- green
- to become green
- (literary, only of hair) black and glossy (especially in a youthful-looking way)
- healthy; environmentally friendly; green
- green leaves
- green field
- original form of 籙
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 菉 (lù, “name of a plant”)
- (symbolic) Islam(ic); Muslim
- (politics) related to the pro-independence pan-Green coalition of Taiwan
- (slang) to cuckold
- a surname
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