“Plant” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “plant” is 植物 (shokubutsu). In Chinese it is 植物 (zhí wù).
Japanese
植物
しょくぶつ · shokubutsu
植物には水が必要です。
The plant needs water.
Chinese (Simplified)
植物
zhí wù
这盆植物需要浇水。
The plant needs water.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 盆: 一盆植物 means “one plant”.
“Plant” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 植物 しょくぶつ · shokubutsu | 植物には水が必要です。 |
| English | plant /plænt/ | The plant needs water. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 植物 zhí wù | 这盆植物需要浇水。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 植物 zhí wù | 這盆植物需要澆水。 |
| Korean | 식물 | 식물에 물을 줘야 해요. |
| Spanish | planta | La planta necesita agua. |
| French | plante | La plante a besoin d'eau. |
| German | Pflanze | Die Pflanze braucht Wasser. |
| Italian | pianta | La pianta ha bisogno d'acqua. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | planta | A planta precisa de água. |
| Russian | растение | Растению нужна вода. |
| Arabic | نبتة | النبتة تحتاج إلى الماء. |
| Hindi | पौधा | पौधे को पानी चाहिए। |
| Indonesian | tanaman | Tanaman itu butuh air. |
| Vietnamese | cây cảnh | Cây cảnh cần tưới nước. |
| Thai | ต้นไม้ | ต้นไม้ต้องการน้ำ |
| Turkish | bitki | Bitkinin suya ihtiyacı var. |
| Dutch | plant | De plant heeft water nodig. |
| Swedish | växt | Växten behöver vatten. |
| Polish | roślina | Roślina potrzebuje wody. |
