青色

青色

See also: 靑色

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
trad. (青色)		青	色
simp. #(青色)		青	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng¹ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-set
• Min Dong (BUC): chăng-sáik
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheⁿ-sek / chhiⁿ-sek / chhiⁿ-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ sêg⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): qin seq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingsè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: chīng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingseh
    • Palladius: цинсэ (cinsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chēng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴ set̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chăng-sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhveseg
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² sek̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviseg
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sek̚³²/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ ɕiɪk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvisiag
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qin seq (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪɲ⁵⁵ səʔ²¹/

Noun

青色

1. blue-green; cyan
2. (Cantonese) yellow-green
3. (Hakka, Min Nan) green

Synonyms

• (cyan): (literary) 千千 (qiānqiān)

Dialectal synonyms of 綠色 (“green”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		綠色
Mandarin	Taiwan	綠色
	Chengdu	綠顏色, 綠色
	Malaysia	綠色, 青色
	Singapore	綠色, 青色
Cantonese	Hong Kong	綠色
	Singapore (Guangfu)	青色, 綠色
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青色
	Kuching (Hepo)	青色
Min Nan	Xiamen	綠色
	Taipei	綠色
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	綠色
	Kaohsiung	綠色
	Yilan	綠色
	Taichung	青色
	Tainan	綠色
	Hsinchu	綠色
	Penang (Hokkien)	青色
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青色
	Manila (Hokkien)	青色, 綠色
	Medan (Hokkien)	青色
	Shantou	青色
	Singapore (Teochew)	青色
Wu	Shanghai	綠顏色

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青色):

• → Korean: 청색(靑色) (cheongsaek)

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (yánsè) (layout · text)

白色 (báisè)	灰色 (huīsè)	黑色 (hēisè)
紅色／红色 (hóngsè), 赤色 (chìsè); 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色 (yànhóngsè), 大紅／大红 (dàhóng)	橙色 (chéngsè); 棕色 (zōngsè), 褐色 (hèsè)	黃色／黄色 (huángsè); 奶油色 (nǎiyóusè)
青檸色／青柠色 (qīngníngsè)	綠色／绿色 (lǜsè)
青色 (qīngsè); 深青色	湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色 (tiānlánsè)	藍色／蓝色 (lánsè)
紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色 (zǐluólánsè); 靛色 (diànsè)	洋紅色／洋红色 (yánghóngsè); 紫色 (zǐsè)	粉紅色／粉红色 (fěnhóngsè)

Further reading

• “Entry #4551”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	色
あお Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
靑色 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞iɾo̞]

Noun

青(あお)色(いろ) • (aoiro) 

1. blue (color)

See also

• 色(いろ) (iro): color