卿 (qīng): high ranking official (old), term of endearment between spouses (old)
卿 (qīng) is a Chinese character meaning “high ranking official (old).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 卩 (seal). It ranks #3006 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- high ranking official (old)
- term of endearment between spouses (old)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国务卿 | guó wù qīng | Secretary of State |
| 卿卿我我 | qīng qīng wǒ wǒ | to bill and coo (idiom) |
| 国务次卿 | guó wù cì qīng | Under Secretary of State |
| 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 | jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng | if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼... |
| 副国务卿 | fù guó wù qīng | undersecretary of state |
| 关汉卿 | guān hàn qīng | Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Grea... |
| 公卿 | gōng qīng | high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor |
| 大理寺卿 | dà lǐ sì qīng | Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review |
| 王侯公卿 | wáng hóu gōng qīng | aristocracy |
| 科卿 | kē qīng | Cochin (in south India) |
| 颜真卿 | yán zhēn qīng | Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty |
| 九卿 | jiǔ qīng | the nine top officials (in imperial China) |
| 太仆寺卿 | tài pú sì qīng | Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding |
| 徐祯卿 | xú zhēn qīng | Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
| 冏卿 | jiǒng qīng | minister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding |
卿 appears in 15 compound words: 7 as the first character, 87 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
老师教我们卿字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men qīng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "卿."
美卿称对伊朗战事仍将持续几周 七国外长吁停止...
měi qīng chèn duì yī lǎng zhàn shì réng jiāng chí xù jī zhōu qī guó wài cháng xū tíng zhǐ . . .
古巴周二恢复大部分电网供电 美卿称古巴须彻底改革
gǔ bā zhōu èr huī fù dà bù fēn diàn wǎng gōng diàn měi qīng chèn gǔ bā xū chè de gǎi gé
古巴领海发生船只交火 美国务卿否认美政府人员参与
gǔ bā lǐng hǎi fā shēng chuán zhī jiāo huǒ měi guó wù qīng fǒu rèn měi zhèng fǔ rén yuán cān yǔ
Character Family
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