菁菁
Chinese
| flower of leek | flower of leek | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菁菁) | 菁 | 菁 | |
| simp. #(菁菁) | 菁 | 菁 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīngjīng
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jingjing
- Wade–Giles: ching1-ching1
- Yale: jīng-jīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjing
- Palladius: цзинцзин (czinczin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
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晶晶
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing1 zing1
- Yale: jīng jīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1 dzing1
- Guangdong Romanization: jing1 jing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chheng
- Tâi-lô: tshing-tshing
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
菁菁
- (literary) luxuriant; exuberant; lush
- 菁菁者莪，在彼中阿。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jīngjīng zhě é, zài bǐ zhōng ē. [Pinyin]
- Luxuriantly grows the aster-southernwood, in the midst of that large mound.