青絲

青絲

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	silk; thread; trace
trad. (青絲)		青	絲
simp. (青丝)		青	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ si¹, ceng¹ si¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chheng-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsy
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ si¹, ceng¹ si¹
    • Yale: chīng sī, chēng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ si¹, tseng¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ xi¹, céng¹ xi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-si
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ ɕi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

青絲

1. (literary) green silk thread or string
2. (literary) reins for a horse
3. (literary, figuratively) fine black hair (especially of a female) (Classifier: 縷／缕)
4. (literary, figuratively) girl in the prime of her youth
5. (literary) string of a stringed instrument
6. (literary, figuratively) willow branches or the vines of other plants
7. (literary, figuratively) garlic chive sprouts
8. shredded green plums