青衣

Chinese[edit]

	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”.

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青衣

(literary, historical) clothes worn by the emperor and his concubines during the spring
(literary, historical) blue- or black-colored clothes (associated with lower-ranking individuals)
(literary, historical) lower-ranking attendant (who wore blue- or black-colored clothes after the Han Dynasty)
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
(～魚) blackspot tuskfish (Choerodon schoenleinii)

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		青衣, 青衣旦, 正旦
Mandarin	Taiwan	青衣
	Harbin	青衣
	Yantai (Muping)	青衣
	Jinan	青衣
	Luoyang	青衣
	Wanrong	青衣
	Xi'an	青衣
	Yinchuan	青衣
	Lanzhou	青衣
	Xining	青衣
	Ürümqi	青衣
	Wuhan	青衣
	Chengdu	青衣旦, 青衣旦兒
	Guiyang	青衣
	Liuzhou	正旦
	Xuzhou	青衣
	Yangzhou	青衣
	Nanjing	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
Jin	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

青衣