青黃不接

Chinese

			not; no	to extend; to connect; to receive to extend; to connect; to receive; to join
trad. (青黃不接)		青黃	不	接
simp. (青黄不接)		青黄	不	接

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnghuángbùjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ wong⁴ bat¹ zip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnghuángbùjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinghuángbùjie
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-huang²-pu⁴-chieh¹
    • Yale: chīng-hwáng-bù-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinghwangbujie
    • Palladius: цинхуанбуцзе (cinxuanbucze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ wong⁴ bat¹ zip³
    • Yale: chīng wòhng bāt jip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ wong⁴ bat⁷ dzip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ wong⁴ bed¹ jib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsheng hwang pjuw|pjuwX|pjut tsjep

Rime
Character	青	黃	不	不	不	接
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	唐 (102)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	IV	I	III	III	III	III
Fanqie	倉經切	胡光切	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	即葉切
Baxter	tsheng	hwang	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	tsjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/ɦwɑŋ/	/pɨu/	/pɨuX/	/pɨut̚/	/t͡siᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/ɦʷɑŋ/	/piu/	/piuX/	/piut̚/	/t͡siɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/	/piəu/	/piəuX/	/piuət̚/	/t͡sjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjŋ/	/ɦwaŋ/	/puw/	/puwX/	/put̚/	/t͡siap̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/	/piu/	/piuX/	/piuət̚/	/t͡siɛp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/	/pĭəu/	/pĭəuX/	/pĭuət̚/	/t͡sĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieŋ/	/ɣwɑŋ/	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯uX/	/pi̯uət̚/	/t͡si̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīng	huáng	fōu	fǒu	fu	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing1	wong4	fau1	fau2	fat1	zip3

Idiom

青黃不接

1. the crop is still in the blade and the old stock is consumed
2. (figuratively) temporary deficit; temporary shortage