Chinese word

绿化

Pronunciation

Pinyinlǜ huà

Meaning

  • verblandscape

Example

他们在公园里绿化了很多地方。tā men zài gōng yuán lǐ lǜ huà le hěn duō dì fāng

They landscaped many areas in the park.

Illustration for 绿化 (landscape)

More examples

市政府计划在新区绿化更多街道和公园。shì zhèng fǔ jì huà zài xīn qū lǜ huà gèng duō jiē dào hé gōng yuán

The city government plans to landscape more streets and parks in the new district.

Core concept

A deliberate change that covers an empty or built-up place with trees, grass, or flowers, creating living green space.

Common phrases

  • 进行绿化jìn xíng lǜ huà

    conduct landscaping

  • 绿化城市lǜ huà chéng shì

    landscape the city

  • 实施绿化shí shī lǜ huà

    carry out landscaping

Similar words

植树zhí shù: Putting young trees in the ground so they can grow and add greenery.
造林zào lín: Planting many trees across an area to form a forest.
种植zhòng zhí: Putting plants or crops in soil so they can grow.
美化měi huà: Improving the appearance of a place through care or decoration.

Definition in Chinese

通过植树、种草、栽花等方式，使某处覆盖或呈现绿色的状态，也指这种改变的结果。tōng guò zhí shù zhòng cǎo zāi huā děng fāng shì shǐ mǒu chù fù gài huò chéng xiàn lǜ sè de zhuàng tài yě zhǐ zhè zhǒng gǎi biàn de jié guǒ

Word origin

绿化 (lǜhuà, "greening") combines 绿 (lǜ, "green") + 化 (huà, "make into") to express making a place green.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, the place being changed usually appears as the verb's object, such as a park, street, yard, or other area, rather than a plant by itself.

Opposites

  • 荒漠化huāng mò huàdesertifyverb

Related words

  • 绿化带lǜ huà dàigreenbeltnoun
  • 绿化率lǜ huà lǜgreen coverage ratenoun

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