青 (ceng1 cing1 | qing1) : green; young

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青

ceng1 cing1

qing1

[1] [adj] (of colour) green; blue; black
[2] [n] sth green, e.g. crops, grass
[3] [adj,n] young; youth; youthful

Jyutping cing1 is literary pronunciation; ceng1 is colloquial.

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: (#174)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

青

This word has been viewed 17406 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st May 2011 02:10

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青霉素 cing1 mui4 sou3 qing1 mei2 su4 = penicillin; see also 盤尼西林

青瓜 ceng1 gwaa1 = cucumber 粵

青少年 cing1 siu3 nin4 qing1 shao4 nian2 = teenager

青草 ceng1 cou2 qing1 cao3 = grass

冬青 dung1 cing1 = holly

青豆 ceng1 dau6*2 = green bean; peas

青色 ceng1 sik1 qing1 se4 = [1] yellowish-green (Cantonese only); [2] blue-green

青蛙 cing1 waa1 qing1 wa1 = frog

青年 cing1 nin4 qing1 nian2 = young; a youth

面青 min6 ceng1 = to look famished or emaciated; afraid, scared, pale 粵
See all 136 compounds (CantoDict reports 138 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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《電車男》係封閉青年粵
The "train man" is a loner

豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

呢一帶嘅房屋受員工青睞粵
The workers favour houses in this area.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 青
Unicode code for this character: U+9752 (off-site link)

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