青 (qīng): abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province, green, blue
青 (qīng) is a Chinese character meaning “green.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 龶 (structural) and 月 (structural). It ranks #497 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province
- green
- blue
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 青
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青少年noun | qīng shào nián | adolescent |
| 青蛙noun | qīng wā | frog |
| 年青adjective | nián qīng | youthful |
| 青睐verb | qīng lài | (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on |
| 青岛proper-noun | qīng dǎo | see 青島市|青岛市 |
| 沥青noun | lì qīng | asphalt |
| 青霉素noun | qīng méi sù | (pharmacology) penicillin |
| 青山noun | qīng shān | green hills |
| 青铜noun | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡) |
| 冬青noun | dōng qīng | holly |
| 青菜noun | qīng cài | green vegetables |
| 青草noun | qīng cǎo | grass |
| 青光眼 | qīng guāng yǎn | glaucoma |
| 杀青verb | shā qīng | to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) |
| 垂青verb | chuí qīng | to show appreciation for sb |
青 appears in 106 compound words: 75 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 1 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 青 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
to be black and blue in the face; with a bloody nose and swollen face; to suffer a major setback
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade; loneliness of faithful widow
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade; loneliness of faithful widow
Showing 7 of 8 idioms containing 青.
Example Sentences
青字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
qīng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character 青 is difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
青菜煮熟能过夜吗能吃吗?这些隔夜菜知识要牢...
qīng cài zhǔ shú néng guò yè ma néng chī ma ? zhè xiē gé yè cài zhī shí yāo láo . . .
Can you eat greens overnight when cooked? These overnight dishes should be firmly accurate...
18岁青年认等钱使七度收骗款 被判入教导所
1 8 suì qīng nián rèn děng qián shǐ qī dù shōu piàn kuǎn bèi pàn rù jiào dǎo suǒ
The 18-year-old was sentenced to a correctional institution for accepting fraudulent money seven times
巍巍昆仑之上,有一个个把青春和生命抵押给雪山的人
巍 巍 kūn 仑 zhī shàng , yǒu yī gè gè bǎ qīng chūn hé shēng mìng dǐ yā gěi xuě shān de rén
On the majestic Kunlun, there are people who pledge their youth and lives to the snow-capped mountains
青壮阵亡、人口外逃 乌克兰沦“孤儿寡母之国...
qīng zhuàng zhèn wáng , rén kǒu wài táo wū kè lán 沦 gū ér guǎ mǔ zhī guó . . .
Young and strong people died, population fled, Ukraine became a "country of orphans and widows...
中职》工藤改造的吕彦青首秀“期待以下” 平野惠一解释原因
zhōng zhí gōng téng gǎi zào de lǚ 彦 qīng shǒu xiù qī dài yǐ xià píng yě huì yī jiě shì yuán yīn
"Secondary Vocational School" Kudo transformation's Lu Yanqing's debut "looking forward to the following" Keiichi Hirano explained the reason
附近有没有青年旅舍？
Fùjìn yǒuméiyǒu qīngniánlǚshè?
Is there a youth hostel near here?
我可以多拿些青花菜吗？
Wǒ kěyǐ duō ná xiē qīnghuācài ma?
Can I have more broccoli?
青年人总爱挑战极端。
Qīngniánrén zǒng ài tiǎozhàn jíduān.
Young people are apt to go to extremes.
他是个有为的青年。
Tā shì gè yǒuwéi de qīngnián.
He is a promising youth.
Character Family
青 Radical Family — Characters sharing the blue-green radical
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