丹青

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (丹青)		丹	青
simp. ^#(丹青)		丹	青

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānqīng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄑㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ cing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tan-chheng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ cên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānqīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄑㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dancing
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-chʻing¹
  - Yale: dān-chīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danching
  - Palladius: даньцин (danʹcin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ cing¹
  - Yale: dāan chīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ tsing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ qing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-chheng
  - Tâi-lô: tan-tshing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: danzhefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ cên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang tsheⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ³³/

Noun

丹青

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	青
たん Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
丹靑 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + sei (青, blue, green).

Noun

丹(たん)青(せい) • (tansei)

red and blue
a painting

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Noun

丹青 • (dancheong) (hangeul 단청)

alternative spelling of 丹靑