青衣

Chinese

green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
gown; clothes; to dress
gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
 
trad. (青衣)
simp. #(青衣)
Literally: “bluegreen/black clothes”.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • cing1 ji1 - literary (all other uses including the place name);
  • ceng1 ji1 - colloquial (the fish).

Noun

青衣

  1. (literary, historical) clothes worn by the emperor and his concubines during the spring
  2. (literary, historical) blue- or black-colored clothes (associated with lower-ranking individuals)
  3. (literary, historical) lower-ranking attendant (who wore blue- or black-colored clothes after the Han Dynasty)
  4. a standard role type in Chinese opera, usually a middle-aged woman; such characters are generally married, dignified, and elegant women and are mainly wives and mothers
  5. () blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

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Proper noun

青衣

  1. () Tsing Yi (an island of Hong Kong)
  2. () Qingyi River (a river in Sichuan, China)

Descendants

  • English: Tsing Yi