青
qīng
Pinyin

Definition

青
 - 
qīng
  1. green
  2. blue
  3. black
  4. youth
  5. young (of people)
青
 - 
Qīng
  1. abbr. for 青海[Qīng hǎi], Qinghai Province

Character Decomposition

Compounds (24)

情
qíng
  1. 1 feeling
  2. 2 emotion
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 situation
清
Qīng
  1. 1 Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)
  2. 2 surname Qing
清
qīng
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 quiet
  4. 4 just and honest
  5. 5 pure
  6. 6 to settle or clear up
  7. 7 to clean up or purge
请
qǐng
  1. 1 to ask
  2. 2 to invite
  3. 3 please (do sth)
  4. 4 to treat (to a meal etc)
  5. 5 to request
精
jīng
  1. 1 essence
  2. 2 extract
  3. 3 vitality
  4. 4 energy
  5. 5 semen
  6. 6 sperm
  7. 7 mythical goblin spirit
  8. 8 highly perfected
  9. 9 elite
  10. 10 the pick of sth
  11. 11 proficient (refined ability)
  12. 12 extremely (fine)
  13. 13 selected rice (archaic)

Related Words (20)

青年
qīng nián
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthful years
  3. 3 young person
  4. 4 the young
青春
qīng chūn
  1. 1 youth
  2. 2 youthfulness
青春期
qīng chūn qī
  1. 1 puberty
  2. 2 adolescence
刺青
cì qīng
  1. 1 tattoo
刘青云
Liú Qīng yún
  1. 1 Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor

Idioms (20)

不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
山青水灵
shān qīng shuǐ líng
  1. 1 green mountains and vivacious waters (idiom)
  2. 2 lush and lively scenery
炉火纯青
lú huǒ chún qīng
  1. 1 lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection

Sample Sentences

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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忆童年时竹马青梅
yì tóngnián shí zhúmǎqīngméi
Remember how we were childhood playmates,
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裸袒青林中。
luǒtǎn qīng lín zhōng 。
To wear his clothes loosely and bare naked in the cool green forest
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绿色能源的利用保护了绿水青山、改善了生产生活环境，也为农村旅游产业兴起踏出新路子。
lǜsè néngyuán de lìyòng bǎohù le lǜshuǐ qīngshān 、gǎishàn le shēngchǎn shēnghuó huánjìng ，yě wèi nóngcūn lǚyóu chǎnyè xīngqǐ tà chū Xīn lùzi 。
The use of green energy has protected the green mountains and hills, improved the production and living environment, and also set a new path for the development of rural tourism industry.
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从古代的“头悬梁，锥刺股”到现代的“爱拼才会赢”，都在暗示孩子们“我拿青春赌明天”。
cóng gǔdài de “tóu xuán Liáng ，zhuī cì gǔ ”dào xiàndài de “ài pīn cái huì yíng ”，dōu zài ànshì háizi men “wǒ ná qīngchūn dǔ míngtiān ”。
From the “Sword in the Stone” of the past to the modern “I fight to win”, they all imply that youth is but a bargain chip for the future.
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汝窑是中国五大名窑之一。汝窑瓷的釉色是淡淡的天青色，蓝中带绿，仔细看，有细细开片裂纹，各位同学可以上前来好好欣赏一下。
rǔyáo shì Zhōngguó wǔ dà míng yáo zhīyī 。rǔyáo cí de yòusè shì dàndànde tiānqīngsè ，lán zhōng dài lǜ ，zǐxì kàn ，yǒu xìxì kāipiàn lièwén ，gèwèi tóngxué kěyǐ shàngqiánlái hǎohǎo xīnshǎng yīxià 。
Ru Ware is one of China’s five famous kiln wares. Ru Ware’s glaze is a light cyan blue, blue with a little bit of green. Look carefully at the flaws opened up through it. Everyone can come up to the front and admire it.
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萝卜青菜各有所爱吧，总之我还是爱吃原汁原味的中国菜。
luóboqīngcàigèyǒusuǒài ba ，zǒngzhī wǒ háishi ài chī yuánzhīyuánwèi de Zhōngguó cài 。
To each his own, for me I still love truly authentic Chinese food.
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恭喜、恭喜！祝你青云直上，步步高升。
gōngxǐ 、gōngxǐ ！zhù nǐ qīngyúnzhíshàng ，bùbùgāoshēng 。
Congratulations! I wish you a steady climb to a higher position.
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我要一碗干面，还有蛋花汤，还有青菜。
wǒ yào yī wǎn gān miàn ，háiyǒu dànhuātāng ，háiyǒu qīngcài 。
I want a bowl of dry noodles, egg drop soup, and some vegetables.
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我要一碗干面，还要蛋花汤，还要青菜。
wǒ yào yī wǎn gān miàn ，hái yào dànhuātāng ，hái yào qīngcài 。
I want a bowl of dry noodles, egg drop soup, and some vegetables.
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