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植物

zhíwù
nounHSK 4

“Plant” in Chinese is 植物 (zhíwù).

Meaning

  • plant
  • vegetation

Example

一些植物无法适应寒冷。

Some plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

类
used for categories of plants
一类植物 (a category of plants)

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 职务 (zhíwù, post)