垂青

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (垂青)		垂	青
simp. #(垂青)		垂	青
Literally: “to look at (someone) with the black of the eye [i.e. the pupil]”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuíqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ cing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûi-chheng / sûi-chheⁿ / sûi-chhiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéicing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-chʻing¹
    • Yale: chwéi-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweiching
    • Palladius: чуйцин (čujcin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ cing¹
    • Yale: sèuih chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-chheng
    • Tâi-lô: suî-tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suizhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suî-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suizhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suî-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suichvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

垂青

1. to show appreciation for (someone); to look upon (someone) with favor