青島

See also: 靑島 and 青岛

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	island
trad. (青島/靑島)		青/靑	島
simp. (青岛)		青	岛

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīngdǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ dou²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qiang¹ do³
• Eastern Min (BUC): Chĭng-dō̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Chheng-tó / Chheng-tó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ dao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīngdǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cingdǎo
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻing¹-tao³
    • Yale: Chīng-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chingdao
    • Palladius: Циндао (Cindao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ dou²
    • Yale: chīng dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiang¹ do³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ to³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Chĭng-dō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)no³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-tó
    • Tâi-lô: Tshing-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengdoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-tó͘
    • Tâi-lô: Tshing-tóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengdor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ dao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

Proper noun

青島

1. (～市) Qingdao (a subprovincial city in Shandong, China)

Descendants

• → English: Qingdao, Tsingtao, Ch'ing-tao

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
青	島
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spelling
靑島 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ち​んたお [chíꜜǹtàò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩnta̠o̞]

Proper noun

青島(チンタオ) • (Chintao) 

1. Qingdao (a subprovincial city in eastern Shandong, in eastern China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
青	島
あお Grade: 1	しま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
靑島 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

青(あお)島(しま) • (Aoshima) 

1. a surname