殺青

殺青

See also: 杀青

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (殺青)		殺	青
simp. (杀青)		杀	青

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shāqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaching
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ cing¹
    • Yale: saat chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ qing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /säːt̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

殺青

1. (historical) to dry green bamboo strips on fire before writing on them
2. (in tea manufacture) to heat green tea to prevent fermentation and preserve the green colour
3. (figuratively) to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc)​, to finalise (a manuscript)