青絲
Chinese
| green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (青絲) | 青 | 絲 | |
| simp. (青丝) | 青 | 丝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1 si1 / ceng1 si1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsī
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cingsih
- Wade–Giles: chʻing1-ssŭ1
- Yale: chīng-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsy
- Palladius: цинсы (cinsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cing1 si1 / ceng1 si1
- Yale: chīng sī / chēng sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1 si1 / tseng1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: qing1 xi1 / céng1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-si
- Tâi-lô: tshing-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsy
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ si³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cên1 si1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ si
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ si³³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
青絲
- (literary) green silk thread or string
- (literary) reins for a horse
- (literary, figurative) fine black hair (especially of a female) (Classifier: 縷／缕)
- (literary, figurative) girl in the prime of her youth
- (literary) string of a stringed instrument
- (literary, figurative) willow branches or the vines of other plants
- (literary, figurative) garlic chive sprouts
- shredded green plums