菁菁

Chinese

		flower of leek	flower of leek
trad. (菁菁)		菁	菁
simp. #(菁菁)		菁	菁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chheng

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingjing
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-ching¹
    • Yale: jīng-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjing
    • Palladius: цзинцзин (czinczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 京京 晶晶

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ zing¹
    • Yale: jīng jīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dzing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ jing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chheng
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

菁菁

1. (literary) luxuriant; exuberant; lush

   • 菁菁者莪，在彼中阿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jīngjīng zhě é, zài bǐ zhōng ē. [Pinyin]

     Luxuriantly grows the aster-southernwood, in the midst of that large mound.