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青衣
Mandarin · pinyin qīng yī
Meanings
- black clothes
- servant (old)
- young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦 zhèng dàn
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1–1 · qing1 yi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cing1 ji1
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noun
- (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)
name
- (～島) Tsing Yi (an island of Hong Kong)
- (～江) Qingyi River (a river in Sichuan, China)
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