青藜

青藜

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	Chenopodium album
simp. and trad. (青藜)		青	藜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnglí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīnglí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingli
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ li³⁵/

Noun

青藜

1. (literary) walking stick; cane (Classifier: 個／个 m; 把 m)

Synonyms

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手拐 (Min Nan) 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) 扶杖 (fúzhàng) (literary) 拄杖 (zhǔzhàng) (literary)

拐杖 (guǎizhàng) 拐棍 (guǎigùn) 青藜 (qīnglí) (literary)

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) is the most commonly used term for walking stick. By contrast, 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) can be used to describe a cane that has other uses, such as hiking or scaring away wild snakes.