蒼翠

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	bluish-green; green jade
trad. (蒼翠)		蒼	翠
simp. (苍翠)		苍	翠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngcuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ ceoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-chhùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngcuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangcuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: tsāng-tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangtsuey
    • Palladius: цанцуй (cancuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ ceoi³
    • Yale: chōng cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongzhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Adjective

蒼翠

1. (usually of vegetation) dark green; verdant; lush and green

Synonyms

• (literary) 蒼鬱／苍郁 (cāngyù)
• (Min Nan) 青蘢蘢／青茏茏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒼	翠
そう Jinmeiyō	すい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーすい [sòósúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːsɨᵝi]

Noun

蒼(そう)翠(すい) • (sōsui) 

1. (literary) dark green; lush greenness