绿城

綠城

Lǜchéng

popculture

Meanings

1 Greentown (Chinese property developer)
2 "Green City" (nickname for Zhengzhou)

Characters

Examples

绿城中国是杭州的大型房地产公司。

Lǜchéng Zhōngguó shì Hángzhōu de dàxíng fángdìchǎn gōngsī.

Greentown China is a large property developer based in Hangzhou.

郑州因为树多被称为绿城。

Zhèngzhōu yīnwèi shù duō bèi chēngwéi Lǜchéng.

Zhengzhou is called the "Green City" because of its abundant trees.

Tips

usage

Two different referents sharing the same name. Context tells them apart: any business / real-estate / football-club context → Greentown (the Hangzhou-based developer and its CSL football club 杭州绿城); city-and-trees talk → Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou got the nickname in the 1980s–90s thanks to aggressive tree-planting along its avenues.

Stroke Order

绿 lǜ

城 chéng