青春

See also: 靑春

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (青春)		青	春
simp. ^#(青春)		青	春

Etymology

Perhaps from "green" and "spring", the color and season associated with the Wu Xing element "Wood", which is associated with vitality.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngchūn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ceon¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhûn

(Hailu, HRS): ciang^ˋ chun^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng-chŭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing¹ cong¹ / cing¹ cuong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chhun

(Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ cung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngchūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingchun
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻun¹
  - Yale: chīng-chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchuen
  - Palladius: цинчунь (cinčunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ ceon¹
  - Yale: chīng chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ cên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ cun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ cun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciang^ˋ chun^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³ t͡ʃʰun⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-chŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹ cong¹ [Phonetic: cing⁵ cong¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ching-cheong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹ cuong¹ [Phonetic: cing⁵ cuong¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cên¹ cung¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ tshung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰuŋ³³/

Noun

青春

(literary) springtime; spring
- 青春受謝，白日昭只。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  青春受谢，白日昭只。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Qīngchūn shòu xiè, báirì zhāo zhǐ. [Pinyin]
  Green Spring receiveth the vacant earth;
  The white sun shineth.
(figurative) youth; adolescence; youthfulness; prime of life
當青春不再／当青春不再 ― dāng qīngchūn bùzài ― when we are no longer young

青春的理想 ― qīngchūn de lǐxiǎng ― the ideals of youth
(literary, usually honorific) age of young people

Synonyms

(youth): (literary, figurative) 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)

Derived terms

回復青春 / 回复青春
過了青春無少年 / 过了青春无少年
青春不再
青春兩敵 / 青春两敌
青春年少 (qīngchūnniánshào)
青春期 (qīngchūnqī)
青春永駐 / 青春永驻
青春活力 (qīngchūn huólì)
青春痘 (qīngchūndòu)
青春雙歧桿菌 / 青春双歧杆菌 (qīngchūn shuāngqígānjūn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青春):

→ Japanese: 青春(せいしゅん) (seishun)
→ Korean: 청춘(靑春) (cheongchun)
→ Vietnamese: thanh xuân (青春)

→ Vietnamese: xuân xanh (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	春
せい Grade: 1	しゅん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑春 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

(poetic) 青(あお)い春(はる) (aoi haru), アオハル (aoharu)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーしゅん [sèéshúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕɨ̃ɴ]

Noun

青(せい)春(しゅん) • (seishun)

youth; adolescence

Derived terms

青春期(せいしゅんき) (seishunki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	春

Noun

青春 • (cheongchun) (hangeul 청춘)

alternative form of 靑春 (“youth; adolescence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	春

Noun

青春

chữ Hán form of thanh xuân (“youth”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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