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菁
Mandarin · pinyin jīng
Meanings
- leek flower
- lush
- luxuriant
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- 菁
- jīng · flower of leek family; turnip
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Mandarin tones
1 · jing1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cing1 · zing1
Cantonese word readings for 菁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (literary, obsolete) garlic chive flowers (Allium tuberosum)
- (literary, obsolete) flowers
- Brassica
- used in 菁菁 (jīngjīng, “luxuriant”)
- (Southern Min) betel nut
- (Eastern Min) common reed
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