青盲

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	blind
trad. (青盲)		青	盲
simp. #(青盲)		青	盲
alternative forms		眚盲 Min 青瞑 Hakka; Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄤˊ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-miâng

  (Hailu, HRS): ciang^ˋ miang^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): chăng-màng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-mî / chheⁿ-mê / chheⁿ-mêe / chhiⁿ-mê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ mê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingmáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-mang²
    • Yale: chīng-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingmang
    • Palladius: цинман (cinman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-miâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ miang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ miang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mi̯aŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciang^ˋ miang^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³ miaŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chăng-màng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵ maŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-mî
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvimii
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² mi²⁴/
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰĩ³³ mi²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /t͡sʰĩ³³ mĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-mê
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-mê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvemee
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² me²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-mêe
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-mêe
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰɛ̃³³⁻²¹ mɛ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² mɛ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-mê
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-mê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvimee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ mê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ mê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ me⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng maeng

Rime
Character	青	盲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	庚 (109)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	II
Fanqie	倉經切	武庚切
Baxter	tsheng	maeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/mˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/mᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/maŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/maɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/mɐŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/mɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/mɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	mang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.r̥]ˤeŋ  mˤ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ  mraːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	青	盲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qīng	máng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsheng ›	‹ mæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.r̥]ˁeŋ/	/*mˁ<r>aŋ/
English	green or blue	blind
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	盲
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11362	12689
Phonetic component	生	亡
Rime group	耕	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	靑	盲
Old Chinese	/*sʰleːŋ/	/*mraːŋ/
Notes	說文從生丹，戴桐王筠皆雲從丹生聲

Noun

青盲

1. (pathology) blue-green color blindness; tritanopia
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) Synonym of 青光眼 (qīngguāngyǎn, “glaucoma”)
3. (Min) blind person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 盲人 (“blind person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瞽, 盲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盲人
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瞎子
	Taiwan	瞎子, 盲人
	Harbin	瞎子
	Malaysia	瞎子
	Singapore	盲人
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瞎子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瞎子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瞎子
	Wanrong	瞎子
	Xi'an	瞎子
	Xining	瞎子
	Xuzhou	瞎子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瞎子
	Ürümqi	瞎子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瞎子
	Wuhan	瞎子
	Guiyang	瞎子
	Guilin	瞎子
	Pingle	瞎子
	Liuzhou	瞎子
	Luzhai	瞎子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瞎子
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瞎子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瞎子
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瞎子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瞎子
	Yangzhou	瞎子
	Hefei	瞎子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 boy, 盲妹 girl
	Hong Kong	盲人, 盲公 man, 盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 boy, 盲妹 girl
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	盲眼佬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	盲眼佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	盲佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	盲眼人
	Macau	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	盲公
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 young
	Foshan	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Foshan (Shunde)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Foshan (Sanshui)	盲公
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	盲眼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	盲眼公
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	盲公
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	盲公
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	盲眼佬
	Taishan	盲眼佬, 盲公
	Kaiping (Chikan)	盲眼佬
	Enping (Niujiang)	盲眼佬
	Heshan (Yayao)	盲眼
	Dongguan	盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 young
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 young
	Yangjiang	盲眼佬 man, 盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 boy, 盲妹 girl
	Beihai	盲眼佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	盲佬 male, 盲婆 female
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	盲公 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 boy, 盲妹 girl
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	盲佬 male, 盲婆 female
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	盲佬, 盲仔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	盲眼佬 male, 盲眼婆 female
	Móng Cái	盲佬 male, 盲婆 female
Gan	Nanchang	瞎子
	Lichuan	瞎子
	Pingxiang	瞎子
Hakka	Meixian	瞎眼仔, 盲目仔, 瞎子, 盲公, 盲妹 woman
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 young
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 young
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	盲佬 man, 盲婆 woman, 盲仔 young
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	盲眼佬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	盲佬
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	瞎眼哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	瞎盲哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	瞎哩, 盲目哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	盲哩
	Wengyuan	盲眼佬
	Liannan	盲眼佬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	盲眼仔
	Jiexi	瞎目
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	青盲
	Changting	瞎目哩
	Wuping (Yanqian)	瞎目子
	Ninghua	瞎眼子
	Yudu	瞎子, 瞎眼子
	Ningdu	瞎子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	瞎子, 瞎盲子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	瞎子
	Dayu	瞎佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	盲目仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目瞨仔, 目瞎仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	盲目仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	盲目, 青盲個
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青盲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青盲
	Hong Kong	盲公, 盲眼佬
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	盲佬
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	盲佬
	Xinyi (Sihe)	盲眼佬
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	盲眼佬
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	盲眼佬
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	盲眼佬
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	眼盲佬 man, 眼盲婆 woman
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	眼盲佬 man, 眼盲婆 woman
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	盲佬
	Mengshan (Xihe)	瞎子
	Luchuan	盲眼佬
	Senai (Huiyang)	盲眼佬
Huizhou	Jixi	瞎眼仂, 瞎眼先生, 瞎眼溜 derogatory
Jin	Taiyuan	瞎子
	Xinzhou	瞎子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瞎仔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	瞎仔
	Songxi	瞎冥
	Zhenghe	瞎目珠
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	瞎目
	Jianyang	瞎仔
	Wuyishan	瞎仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瞎仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青盲, 青盲婆 woman
	Fuzhou (Changle)	青盲
	Fuqing	覷白
	Yongtai	青盲
	Gutian	青盲
	Fu'an	白目
	Ningde	白目
	Shouning	青盲
	Zhouning	白目
	Fuding	青盲
Southern Min	Xiamen	青盲的, 青盲
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	青盲
	Quanzhou	青盲
	Jinjiang	青盲
	Yongchun	青盲
	Zhangzhou	青盲
	Kaohsiung	青盲仔
	Yilan	青盲
	Changhua (Lukang)	青盲
	Taichung	青盲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	青盲
	Tainan	青盲
	Taitung	青盲
	Hsinchu	青盲仔
	Penghu (Magong)	青盲
	Penang (Hokkien)	青盲儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青盲
	Manila (Hokkien)	青盲
	Chaozhou	青盲, 青盲囝
	Shantou	青盲囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	青盲囝
	Jieyang	青盲囝, 青盲呿
	Haifeng	青盲仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	青盲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	青盲
	Leizhou	青盲, 妃矇
Puxian Min	Fuding (Aoyao)	青盲
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	盲佬
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	䀯目佬, 盲佬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盲佬, 盲公 man, 盲婆 woman
Wu	Shanghai	瞎子, 瞎眼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瞎子
	Suzhou	瞎子
	Danyang	瞎子, 瞎眼, 瞎婆 woman
	Hangzhou	瞎子
	Ningbo	瞎眼
	Wenzhou	瞙瞊人
	Jinhua	眼瞎兒, 眼睛瞎兒
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	眼睛盲兒
Xiang	Changsha	瞎子
	Loudi	瞎子, 瞎螺頭 derogatory
	Shuangfeng	瞎子

Derived terms

• 青盲看告示

 

Adjective

青盲

1. (Hakka, Min) blind

   • 伊瞽目看不見 [Teochew, trad.]
     伊瞽目看不见 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1841, William Dean, First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect, “Diseases”

     i¹ cên¹ mên⁵ toin² m⁶ gin³ [Peng'im]

     he is blind & cannot see

   • 甘願青盲　就看袂著你詛咒過的愛情　水甲遐爾假 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     甘愿青盲　就看袂著你诅咒过的爱情　水甲遐尔假 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2020, 黃妃 (Huang Fei) (lyricist 方文良 Neil Fang), 雪咧飛

     kam-goān chhiⁿ-mê, tiō khòaⁿ bōe tio̍h lí chiù-chōa--kòe ê ài-chêng, súi kah hiah-nī ké [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I'm willing to be blind so that I can't see the love that you've sworn, beautiful yet so fake.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瞎眼 (“(to be) blind”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瞽, 盲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失明, 瞎眼, 瞎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	瞎眼
	Malaysia	瞎, 盲
	Singapore	瞎, 盲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盲, 盲眼
	Hong Kong	盲, 盲眼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	盲
Hakka	Meixian	瞎, 盲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	眼瞎
	Luhe	目瞎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目瞨, 目瞎, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目瞨, 瞨目, 青盲, 瞎目
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青盲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瞎
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青盲
Southern Min	Xiamen	青盲
	Quanzhou	青盲
	Zhangzhou	青盲
	Taipei	青盲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	青盲
	Kaohsiung	青盲
	Yilan	青盲
	Changhua (Lukang)	青盲
	Taichung	青盲
	Tainan	青盲
	Hsinchu	青盲
	Kinmen	青盲
	Penghu (Magong)	青盲
	Penang (Hokkien)	青盲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青盲
	Manila (Hokkien)	青盲
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	青盲
	Chaozhou	青盲
	Shantou	青盲
	Shantou (Chenghai)	青盲
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	青盲
	Jieyang	青盲
	Haifeng	青盲
	Leizhou	青盲
	Wenchang	青盲
	Singapore (Hainanese)	青盲
Puxian Min	Putian	青盲
Central Min	Yong'an	瞎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	盲

Derived terms

• 青盲牛 (chăng-màng-ngù) (Eastern Min)
• 青盲狗
• 青盲雞啄著蟲／青盲鸡啄着虫 (Hokkien)

 

References

• “Entry #4576”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.