青色

See also: 靑色

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (青色)		青	色
simp. #(青色)		青	色
alternative forms		靑色／青色 old character form

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng¹ sik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-set

  (Hailu, HRS): ciang^ˋ sed

• Eastern Min (BUC): chăng-sáik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheⁿ-sek / chhiⁿ-sek / chhiⁿ-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ sêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chin-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingsè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: chīng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingseh
    • Palladius: цинсэ (cinsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 青澀 / 青涩 青色

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chēng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ sed^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ set̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciang^ˋ sed
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³ set⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chăng-sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhveseg
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰɛ̃³³⁻²¹ sek̚³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² sek̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviseg
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰĩ³³ siɪk̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sek̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvisiag
    • Sinological IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰĩ³³ siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chin-seq
    • MiniDict: chin^平 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qin-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ səʔ²¹/

Noun

青色

1. blue-green; cyan
2. (Cantonese) yellow-green
3. (Hakka, Southern Min) green
4. (colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian Mandarin) green; light green (the colour of grass and leaves)

   Synonym: 綠色 / 绿色 (lǜsè)

Synonyms

• (cyan): (literary) 千千 (qiānqiān)

Dialectal synonyms of 綠色 (“green”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		綠色
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	綠色
	Malaysia	綠色, 青色
	Singapore	綠色, 青色
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	綠顏色, 綠色
Cantonese	Hong Kong	綠色
	Singapore (Guangfu)	青色, 綠色
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	青色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	青色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	青色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	青色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	青色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	青色
	Kuching (Hepo)	青色
Southern Min	Xiamen	綠色
	Taipei	綠色
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	綠色
	Kaohsiung	綠色
	Yilan	綠色
	Changhua (Lukang)	綠
	Taichung	青色
	Tainan	綠色
	Hsinchu	綠色
	Kinmen	綠
	Penghu (Magong)	綠
	Penang (Hokkien)	青色
	Singapore (Hokkien)	青色
	Manila (Hokkien)	青色, 綠色
	Medan (Hokkien)	青色
	Shantou	青色
	Singapore (Teochew)	青色
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	綠色
Wu	Shanghai	綠顏色

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青色):

• → Korean: 청색(靑色) (cheongsaek)

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色 / 颜色 (layout · text)

白色	灰色	黑色
紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红	橙色; 棕色, 褐色	黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色
青檸色 / 青柠色	綠色 / 绿色
青色; 深青色	湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色	藍色 / 蓝色
紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色	洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色	粉紅色 / 粉红色

Further reading

• “青色”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	色
あお Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑色 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
青	色
せい Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑色 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あおいろ [àóíró] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) せーしょく [sèéshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞iɾo̞]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

青(あお)色(いろ) or 青(せい)色(しょく) • (aoiro or seishoku) 

1. blue (color)

See also

• 色(いろ) (iro): color

Okinawan

Noun

青色(おーるー) (ōrū) 

1. blue