青衣

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ji¹ / ceng¹ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingyi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-i¹
    • Yale: chīng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingi
    • Palladius: цинъи (cinʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ji¹ / ceng¹ ji¹
    • Yale: chīng yī / chēng yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ji¹ / tseng¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ yi¹ / céng¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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. (～魚) blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 青衣

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

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