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青色
ceng1 sik1 |
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[1] [粵] yellowish-green, lime green [2] blue-green, turquoise Traditionally 青 was more like blue or turquoise in traditional Chinese (sometimes even black depending on the context), but its meaning somehow became yellowish-green in Hong Kong Cantonese
This word is discussed (at length!) here: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk] Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,130,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 3003 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 7th Oct 2004 07:54 and last edited on 1st Jan 2013 02:08 |
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Characters in this word:青 ceng1 cing1 - green; young色 sik1 - colour |
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