青 qīng

1. qīng adjective green
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
   Notes: In the sense of 绿色 (Guoyu '青' n 1-1; Kroll 2015 '青' 2, p. 370; Unihan '青'; XHZD '青' 1-1)
2. qīng proper noun Qinghai
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: Qinghai , Concept: Province 省
   Notes: Abbreviation for 青海 (Guoyu '青' n 4)
3. qīng noun Qing radical
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (Guoyu '青' n 5)
4. qīng adjective young
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 青年 (Guoyu '青' adj 4; Unihan '青'; XHZD '青' 3)
5. qīng adjective blue; dark blue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
   Notes: In the sense of 蓝色 (Guoyu '青' n 1-2; Kroll 2015 '青' 1, p. 370; Unihan '青'; XHZD '青' 1-2)
6. qīng adjective black
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
   Notes: In the sense of 黑色 (Guoyu '青' n 1-3; XHZD '青' 1-3)
7. qīng noun green vegetation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 绿色的草木 (Guoyu '青' n 2; XHZD '青' 2)
8. qīng adjective shimmering; twinkling
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '青' 3)
9. qīng noun black carp
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Fish 鱼
   Notes: In the sense of 青鱼 or as a variant of 鲭 (Kroll 2015 '青' 4, p. 370)
10. qīng noun bamboo skin
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 竹皮 (Guoyu '青' n 3)

Contained in

• 青囊 medical practice
• 青黄(青黃) greenish yellow; sallow (of complexion)
• 雨过天青(雨過天青) sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period; every cloud has a silver lining
• 回回青 cobalt blue; Mohammedan blue
• 青云(青雲) clear sky; fig. high official position; noble
• 青云直上(青雲直上) rising straight up in a clear sky; rapid promotion to a high post; meteoric career
• 花青素 anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
• 靛青 indigo
• 青衣 qingyi black clothes
• 青葙子 feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
• 青字头(青字頭) top of 青 character component in Chinese characters
• 翠青蛇 Entechinus major
• 绀青(紺青) deep blue; deep purple
• 青少年福利 youths’ services
• 拉青格 Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
• 青年旅舍 youth hostel
• 青檀 blue sandalwood
• 粪青(糞青) shit youth; used satirically against 憤青|愤青 which shares the same sound
• 青青 green green ; jet black [hair on the temples] ; lush [vegetation]
• 青冥 the blue depths of heaven
• 青木 Aoki ; Japanese laurel
• 青莲(青蓮) blue lotus
• 不问青红皂白(不問青紅皂白) not distinguishing red-green or black-white; not to distinguish between right and wrong
• 青藏线(青藏線) the Qinghai-Tibet route
• 青天大老爷(青天大老爺) just and incorruptible official
• 碧海青天 green sea, blue sky; sea and sky merge in one shade; loneliness of faithful widow
• 元青 deep black
• 藏青色 navy blue
• 共青团(共青團) Communist Youth League ; Communist Youth League of China
• 青睐(青睞) to favor; to think highly of
• 青少年 an adolescent; a youth; a teenager
• 青眼 to make firm eye contact with somebody; fig. to favor; to respect; good graces; to think highly of sb
• 青天霹雳(青天霹靂) thunder from a clear sky; a bolt from the blue
• 青旅 youth hostel
• 小青脚鹬(小青腳鷸) Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer)

Also contained in

柳青 、 新青年 、 青岛 、 青森县 、 青龙满族自治县 、 青瓦台 、 青山湖 、 海青天 、 青绿山水 、 拨云雾见青天 、 青河县 、 西青区 、 青河 、 青原区 、 中国青年报 、 卫青

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• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 143
• 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 106
• 卷12　志第7　禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 67
• 卷五十五 衞青霍去病傳 Volume 55: Wei Qing and Huo Qubing Book of Han 漢書 — count: 64
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 63
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 63
• 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 62
• 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 61
• 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 55
• 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 52

Collocations

• 大将军青 (大將軍青) 以騎將軍從大將軍青擊匈奴得王功侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 10
• 青蝇 (青蠅) 青蠅 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧青蠅 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Qing Ying — count: 7
• 青旗 (青旗) 載青旗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 7
• 青击 (青擊) 以都尉從車騎將軍青擊匈奴功侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 7
• 青翟 (青翟) 侯青翟元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 6
• 青黑 (青黑) 青黑緣者 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 5
• 生青 (生青) 清天八百歲生青曾 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 4
• 侯青 (侯青) 侯青翟元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 4
• 曰青 (曰青) 一曰青鍾 — Guanzi 管子, 五行第四十一 Chapter 41: The Five Elements — count: 3
• 载青 (載青) 載青旗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3