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/

Note:

• cing1 ji1 - literary (all other uses including the place name);
• ceng1 ji1 - colloquial (the fish).

Noun

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. a standard role type in Chinese opera, usually a middle-aged woman; such characters are generally married, dignified, and elegant women and are mainly wives and mothers
5. (～魚) blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 青衣 (“qingyi”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		青衣, 青衣旦, 正旦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	青衣
	Harbin	青衣
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	青衣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	青衣
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	青衣
	Wanrong	青衣
	Xi'an	青衣
	Xining	青衣
	Xuzhou	青衣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	青衣
	Lanzhou	青衣
	Ürümqi	青衣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	青衣旦, 青衣旦兒
	Wuhan	青衣
	Guiyang	青衣
	Liuzhou	正旦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	青衣
	Yangzhou	青衣
Cantonese	Dongguan	青衣
Gan	Nanchang	青衣
	Lichuan	青衣
	Pingxiang	青衣
Hakka	Meixian	正旦
Huizhou	Jixi	青衣
Jin	Taiyuan	青衣旦
	Xinzhou	青衣, 唱青衣哩
Northern Min	Jian'ou	青衣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	青衣
Southern Min	Tainan	苦旦
	Chaozhou	烏衫旦
	Shantou	烏衫旦
	Shantou (Chenghai)	烏衫旦
Wu	Shanghai	青衣
	Suzhou	青衣
	Danyang	青衣
	Hangzhou	青衣
	Wenzhou	青衣
	Jinhua	青衣
Xiang	Changsha	青衣

Derived terms

• 青衣旦 (qīngyīdàn)

 

Proper noun

青衣

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

Descendants

• → English: Tsing Yi