青絲

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	silk; thread; trace
trad. (青絲)		青	絲
simp. (青丝)		青	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ si¹, ceng¹ si¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingsih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: chīng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsy
    • Palladius: цинсы (cinsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ si¹, ceng¹ si¹
    • Yale: chīng sī, chēng sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ si¹, tseng¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ xi¹, céng¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-si
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ si¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ si³³/

Noun

青絲

1. (literary) green silk thread or string
2. (literary) reins for a horse
3. (literary, figurative) fine black hair (especially of a female) (Classifier: 縷／缕)
4. (literary, figurative) girl in the prime of her youth
5. (literary) string of a stringed instrument
6. (literary, figurative) willow branches or the vines of other plants
7. (literary, figurative) garlic chive sprouts
8. shredded green plums