Learn Chinese: Plants Vocabulary
Enhance your Chinese language skills with our collection of vocabulary related to plants. Perfect for beginner level students.
分支 (fēn zhī)
branch
The Chinese translation of 'branch' is '分支' (fēn zhī). In English, branch refers to a part of a tree that grows out from the trunk or from a bough. It can also refer to a division of a business or other organization, or a conceptual division or offshoot. Similarly, in Chinese context '分支' can be used to describe a subdivision or a secondary part of something larger or more complex, such as an organization or a concept.
Example sentences with 分支 →树 (shù)
tree
The Chinese word '树' is used to refer to a plant that is typically large, with branches extending from the trunk. It might be used in various contexts such as nature, environment, growth, and more. Much like English, it can be used both in a literal and metaphorical sense.
森林 (sēn lín)
forest
The Chinese word '森林' is used to refer to a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. It can be used in various contexts like talking about nature, wildlife, and environment. Similar to English, it can be combined with other words to create new terms like 'rainforest', which is '热带雨林' in Chinese.
植物 (zhí wù)
plant
In Chinese, '植物' is used to refer any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multi-cellular organisms that typically produce their own food from sunlight and are usually capable of growth and reproduction. It's used in the context of biology and everyday life to describe different types of vegetation.
水果 (shuǐguǒ)
fruit
This term refers to fruits in general. China has a wide variety of fruits available depending on the season.
Example sentences with 水果 →花 (huā)
flower
The Chinese word for 'flower' is '花' (huā). It is used in the same context as in English, referring to the colorful and often fragrant part of a plant or tree. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to the best part of something, much like 'flower' in English.
草 (cǎo)
grass
The Chinese word for grass is 草. It is a noun, used to refer to common types of vegetation consisting of short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop. It is often used similarly to how 'grass' is used in English. For example, you could say 'the grass is green' as '草是绿色的'.
锅 (guō)
flowerpot
The Chinese word for 'pot' is '锅' (guō). It is used in a similar context as in English, and often refers to a deep, typically round dish used for cooking. It forms part of many compound words in Chinese which refer to specific types of pots, such as '炒锅' (chǎo guō) meaning 'wok', or '汤锅' (tāng guō) meaning 'soup pot'.
Example sentences with 锅 →