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青

qīng

HSK 5 Character

What 青 means

1. green
2. blue
3. black
4. youth
5. young (of people)

Other readings

青 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Qīngshort name for Qinghai {青海|Qīng hǎi}

Example sentences

• 她有刺青吗？
  Tā yǒu cìqīng ma?
  Does she have any tattoos?
• 她讨厌青椒。
  Tā tǎoyàn qīngjiāo.
  She hates green peppers.
• 青春只有一次。
  Qīngchūn zhǐ yǒuyīcì.
  Youth comes but once in life.
• 我很喜欢青椒。
  Wǒ hěn xǐhuan qīngjiāo.
  I like green peppers.
• 她是文艺青年。
  Tā shì wényì qīngnián.
  She is a young artist.
• 他是个有为的青年。
  Tā shì gè yǒuwéi de qīngnián.
  He is a promising young man.

Words starting with 青

• 青年qīng niányouth; youthful years; young person
• 青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
• 青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth; teenager
• 青蛙qīng wāfrog; (old; slang) ugly guy
• 青年人qīng nián rényoung person; the young
• 青山qīng shāngreen hills; (the good) life
• 青睐qīng lài(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in…
• 青藏Qīng ZàngQinghai and Tibet
• 青菜qīng càigreen vegetables; Chinese cabbage
• 青春期qīng chūn qīpuberty; adolescence
• 青草qīng cǎograss
• 青天qīng tiānclear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official)
• 青云qīng yúnclear sky; fig. high official position; noble
• 青铜qīng tóngbronze (alloy of copper 铜 and tin 锡
• 青衣qīng yīblack clothes; servant (old); young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦
• 青色qīng sècyan; blue-green
• 青龙qīng lóng(slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit)
• 青石qīng shíbluestone; limestone (colloquial)
• 青椒qīng jiāoCapsicum annuum; green pepper
• 青春痘qīng chūn dòuacne
• 青岛市Qīng dǎo ShìQingdao, sub-provincial city in Shandong Province 山东省
• 青梅竹马qīng méi zhú mǎlit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games…
• 青苔qīng táimoss; lichen
• 青海湖Qīng hǎi HúQinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)

Words containing 青

• 知青zhī qīngeducated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution)…
• 江青Jiāng QīngJiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
• 年青nián qīngyouthful
• 铁青tiě qīnglivid; ashen (from rage, fear or illness)
• 长青cháng qīng(literary) evergreen; enduring (friendship etc)
• 共青团Gòng qīng tuánthe Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共产主义青年团
• 小青年xiǎo qīng niányoung person; youngster
• 中青年zhōng qīng niánmiddle-aged
• 丹青dān qīngpainting
• 知识青年zhī shi qīng niáneducated youth; young intellectual; (historical) urban youth with formal education who…
• 常青cháng qīngevergreen
• 踏青tà qīnglit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green)…
• 炉火纯青lú huǒ chún qīng(lit.) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)…
• 垂青chuí qīngto show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor
• 沥青lì qīngasphalt; bitumen; pitch
• 鼻青脸肿bí qīng liǎn zhǒnga bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered
• 艾青Ài QīngAi Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet
• 大青山Dà qīng ShānDaqing Mountain in Hohhot 呼和浩特
• 柳青Liǔ QīngLiu Qing (1916-1978), writer
• 不分青红皂白bù fēn qīng hóng zào báinot distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)…
• 杀青shā qīngto put the last hand to (a book, a film etc); to finalize…
• 中青Zhōng QīngChina Youth (official newspaper) (abbr. for 中国青年报
• 元青yuán qīngdeep black
• 文青wén qīngyoung person who adopts an outwardly artistic or intellectual style (abbr. for 文艺青年

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 赢yíngto beat; to win; to profit
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 膺yīngbreast; receive
• 腈jīngacrylic
• 嬴Yíngsurname Ying
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

Characters that look like 青

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 奇qístrange; odd; weird
• 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 骨gǔbone
• 昔xīformer times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 胥xūall; assist; to store

Sounds the same

Read qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 清(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 轻light; easy; gentle
• 倾to overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 氢hydrogen (chemistry)
• 卿high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 鲭mackerel
• 圊restroom; latrine
• 顷variant of 倾
• 蜻see 蜻蜓
• 淸variant of 清
• 靑variant of 青