青史

Chinese

		green	history
trad. (青史)		青	史
simp. #(青史)		青	史

An example of a bamboo book

Etymology

In ancient times, bamboo strips were sewn together to form books. The books were used to record events. Each strip would contain a single column of characters. The "green" in the word refers to the fact that the bamboo strips are green before they are cured and sewn into books. Later on, this word simply came to refer generically to history books.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ si²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-sú / chheng-sír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ se²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shih³
    • Yale: chīng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshyy
    • Palladius: цинши (cinši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ si²
    • Yale: chīng sí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ si²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ xi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-sír
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ se²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ sṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ sɯ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng sriX

Rime
Character	青	史
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	倉經切	踈士切
Baxter	tsheng	sriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/ʃɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/ʃɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/ʃieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/ʂɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/ʃiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/ʃĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/ʂiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	shǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	si2

Noun

青史

1. annals of history; history books

Derived terms

• 名垂青史 (míngchuíqīngshǐ)
• 名標青史 / 名标青史
• 名留青史
• 青史傳名 / 青史传名 (qīngshǐchuánmíng)
• 青史名留
• 青史流芳
• 青史留名

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青史):

• → Japanese: 青(せい)史(し) (seishi)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: sử xanh (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	史
せい Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑史 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーし [séꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕi]

Noun

青(せい)史(し) • (seishi) 

1. annals of history; history books