青青

Chinese

Etymology 1

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (青青/靑靑)		青/靑	青/靑
simp. (青青)		青	青

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngqīng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄑㄧㄥ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhiâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngqīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄑㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingcing
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻing¹
  - Yale: chīng-chīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingching
  - Palladius: цинцин (cincin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhiâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ qiang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ qiang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsheng tsheng

Rime
Character	青
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	倉經切
Baxter	tsheng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.r̥]ˤeŋ [s.r̥]ˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sʰleːŋ sʰleːŋ/

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

Adjective

青青

(literary) green
- 青青河畔草，鬱鬱園中柳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  青青河畔草，郁郁园中柳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 古詩十九首其二
  Qīngqīng hépàn cǎo, yùyù yuán zhōng liǔ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 江春不肯留行客，草色青青送馬蹄。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  江春不肯留行客，草色青青送马蹄。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 劉長卿, 送李判官之潤州行營
  Jiāng chūn bù kěn liú xíngkè, cǎosè qīngqīng sòng mǎtí. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1999, “搏浪鼓”, 李正帆 (lyrics), performed by 趙薇:
  
  山青青　水藍藍　看日出　看雲海 [MSC, trad.]
  山青青　水蓝蓝　看日出　看云海 [MSC, simp.]
  shān qīngqīng, shuǐ lánlán, kàn rìchū, kàn yúnhǎi [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015, 黃瑋傑, “天光日”, in 《天光。日》‎^[1], performed by 黃瑋傑:
  
  若斯講　該屻崗相同青青　河壩還淨淨　係伯公同老祖先　死命拚留下來个哪 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  若斯讲　该屻岗相同青青　河坝还净净　系伯公同老祖先　死命拚留下来个哪 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  na-sṳ̀ kóng, ke yin-kông siông-thùng chhiâng-chhiâng, hò-pa hàn chhiang-chhiang, he pak-kûng thùng ló chú-siên, sí-miang pia liù hâ-lòi ke ná [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (青青/靑靑)	青/靑	青/靑
simp. (青青)	青	青
alternative forms	菁菁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zing¹

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

Adjective

青青

(literary) thick and overgrown (grass, bamboo etc.)