| | green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | HSK 2 |
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| | green | HSK 2 |
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| | green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities | HSK 3 |
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| | green area (e.g. urban park or garden) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope. | |
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| | leafy green vegetable; leafy greens | |
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| | green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) | HSK 5 |
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| | worldwide green parties | |
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| | string bean / snap bean / green bean | |
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| | green jade / bluish green / blue / jade | |
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| | green bean / French bean / runner bean | |
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| | an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying | |
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| | Capsicum annuum / green pepper | |
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| | to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization | HSK 6 |
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| | fresh and green / verdant | |
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| | greenish-blue / emerald green | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends | |
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| | variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books) | |
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| | (of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate | |
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| | lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence | |
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| | to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus) | |
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| | Longjing tea, aka Dragon Well tea, a high-quality pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang | |
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| | tender green; soft green | |
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| | same as 綠營|绿营, Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units | |
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| | chopped green onions | |
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| | lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment | |
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| | green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on | |
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| | blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate) | |
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| | dark green | HSK 7-9 |
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| | scallion / green onion | HSK 7-9 |
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| | green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) | |
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| | green vegetables / Chinese cabbage | |
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| | green beans in sauce, popular Beijing dish | |
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| | to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) | |
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| | horseradish / wasabi / green mustard | |
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| | lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side | |
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| | green onion; spring onion | |
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| | a type of rapeseed plant (Brassica rapa) that yields a leafy green vegetable similar to baby bok choy | |
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| | unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea | |
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| | immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod | |
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| | red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow) | |
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| | permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) | |
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| | green Sichuan peppercorn, known for its citrus fragrance and sharp numbing flavor | |
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| | green soybean / green peas | |
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| | olive-green (color) | |
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| | green plant | |
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| | to give the green light / to give the go-ahead | |
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| | green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed | HSK 7-9 |
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| | expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea | |
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| | cyan / blue-green | |
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| | not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong | |
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| | (Baghdad) green zone | |
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| | green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century) | |
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| | Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) | |
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| | army green | |
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| | lit. green willows and red flowers (idiom) / fig. all the colors of spring | |
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| | (bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) | |
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| | green (golf) (loanword) | |
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| | Bitan or Green Pool on Xindian Creek 新店溪, Taipei county, Taiwan | |
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| | green pool | |
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| | green hills / (the good) life | |
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| | lush green; verdant | |
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| | yellow green | |
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| | (of sb's face) turning alternately green and white | |
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| | dish consisting of stir-fried potato, eggplant and green pepper | |
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| | green algae | |
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| | (bird species of China) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus) | |
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| | green water / crystal-clear water | |
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| | to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009) | |
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| | yellow green | |
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| | green-frog | |
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| | dark or deep green | |
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| | green / glazed tile | |
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| | green paper (government report proposing policies and inviting discussion) | |
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| | Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) | |
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| | bluish-green / green jade | |
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| | greens / green vegetables | |
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| | lit. green hills and clear waters (idiom) / fig. picturesque natural scenery | |
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| | green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and prevention | |
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| | putting green (golf) | |
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| | Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050 | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | (bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) | |
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| | Green Dam Youth Escort, Internet content-control software, in use during 2009-2010 (abbr. to 綠壩|绿坝) | |
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| | Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units | |
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| | light green | |
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| | verdant / green | |
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| | lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection | |
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| | Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae) | |
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| | silage / green fodder | |
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| | not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong | |
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| | green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) | |
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| | Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) | |
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| | clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup | |
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| | lush green / dark green / turquoise | |
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| | red flowers and green willow / all the colors of spring | |
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| | Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units | |
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| | green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role | |
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| | green algae / chlorella (dietary supplement) | |
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