Meaning
green (blue; black)
Chinese: 青色、年轻或青草。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qing” becomes a different word in each tone. 青 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 青年qīng niányouth; youthful years; young person; the young
- 青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth; teenager
- 青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
- 青春期qīng chūn qīpuberty; adolescence
- 青蛙qīng wāfrog (; (old) (slang) ugly guy
Example Sentence
青青的草地上开着小花。Qīng qīng de cǎo dì shàng kāi zhe xiǎo huā.Little flowers bloom on the green grass.
青Qīngshort name for Qinghai 青海青qīngshort name for Qinghai 青海的deof草地cǎo dìlawn上shàngon开kāito open (transitive or int着zhe(ongoing action)小花xiǎo huā(coll.) popular young actr。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Growth (the 生 element on top) over a mineral well below: the fresh blue-green of growing plants and clear sky. It means ‘blue-green / verdant’ and is the sound part of 清, 请, 情, 晴.
A way to remember it
The colour of new growth — blue-green.
Easy to confuse with
- 清‘Clear’: 青 with the water radical 氵 added.