清淺

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	shallow; sound of moving water
trad. (清淺)		清	淺
simp. (清浅)		清	浅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ cin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻien³
    • Yale: chīng-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchean
    • Palladius: цинцянь (cincjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ cin²
    • Yale: chīng chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjeng tshjenX

Rime
Character	清	淺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七情切	七演切
Baxter	tshjeng	tshjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇŋ/	/t͡sʰiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛŋ/	/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæŋ/	/t͡sʰjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajŋ/	/t͡sʰianX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛŋ/	/t͡sʰiɛnX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛŋ/	/t͡sʰĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	qiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	cin2

Adjective

清淺

1. (literary, of water) clear and shallow
2. (literary) plain; clear

Noun

清淺

1. (literary, figuratively) Milky Way

Derived terms

• 銀河清淺 / 银河清浅