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青

Mandarin · pinyin qīng#

green
blue
black
youth
young (of people)

Mandarin · pinyin Qīng#

short name for Qinghai 青海 Qīng hǎi

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青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

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character · Etymology 1

blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)
blue-green ("grue")-colored items — green grass
blue-green ("grue")-colored items — crops that have not yet ripened
black (of hair, cloth, silk thread etc.)
(Southern Min) green
(Hong Kong) lime green
young; adolescent
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 青年 (qīngnián)
(literary, obsolete) east
(literary, obsolete) spring (season)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 青海 (Qīnghǎi, “Qinghai Province”)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) knife (Classifier: 把 c)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 菁 (jīng)

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) alternative form of 鮮 /鲜 (chhiⁿ) — fresh
(Hokkien) alternative form of 鮮 /鲜 (chhiⁿ) — (of clothes) bright; pretty; neat

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