青丘

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	mound; hill; Confucius mound; hill; Confucius; given name
trad. (青丘)		青	丘
simp. #(青丘)		青	丘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīngqiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīngqiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cingciou
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-chʻiu¹
    • Yale: Chīng-chyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingchiou
    • Palladius: Цинцю (Cincju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng khjuw

Rime
Character	青	丘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	倉經切	去鳩切
Baxter	tsheng	khjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/kʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/kʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/kʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/kʰuw/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/kʰiu/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/kʰĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/kʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	qiū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	hau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.r̥]ˤeŋ  [k]ʷʰə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ  kʰʷɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	青	丘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qīng	qiū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsheng ›	‹ khjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.r̥]ˁeŋ/	/*[k]ʷʰə/
English	green or blue	hill, mound
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	青	丘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11362	10523
Phonetic component	生	丘
Rime group	耕	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	靑	丘
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*kʰʷɯ/
Notes	說文從生丹，戴桐王筠皆雲從丹生聲

Proper noun

青丘

1. legendary eastern realm mentioned in the 山海經／山海经 (Shānhǎijīng, “Classic of Mountains and Seas”), inhabited by nine-tailed foxes
2. (Korean Classical Chinese, poetic) Korea

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	丘

Proper noun

青丘 • (Cheonggu) (hangeul 청구)

1. Alternative form of 靑丘 (hanja form^? of 청구 (“(poetic, archaic) Korea”))