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青衣

Mandarin · pinyin qīng yī

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

cing1 ji1

Cantonese word readings for 青衣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary, historical) clothes worn by the emperor and his concubines during the spring
(literary, historical) blue- or black-colored clothes (associated with lower-ranking individuals)
(literary, historical) lower-ranking attendant (who wore blue- or black-colored clothes after the Han Dynasty)
a standard role type in Chinese opera, usually a middle-aged woman; such characters are generally married, dignified, and elegant women and are mainly wives and mothers
(～魚) blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)