# 青衣
## Chinese

* 青衣

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): qīngyī
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): qǐngyi
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): qìnyì
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cing$^1$ ji$^1$ / ceng$^1$ ji$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): ceang$^1$ ji$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'qin$^1$ i$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cháng-í
* Eastern Min (BUC): căng-ĭ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-i
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$chin-i$_1$ / $^1$tshin-i$_1$
** (Jinhua): $^1$tshin-i$_1$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qin$^1$ i$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyī
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cingyi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^1$-i$^1$
*** Yale: chīng-yī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingi
*** Palladius: цинъи (cinʺi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: qǐngyi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹ i/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: qìnyì [Phonetic: qīnyì]
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): qin$^1$ yi$^1$ [Phonetic: qin$^4$ yi$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰĩ³¹⁻³³ i³¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^1$ ji$^1$ / ceng$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Yale: chīng yī / chēng yī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^1$ ji$^1$ / tseng$^1$ ji$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^1$ yi$^1$ / céng$^1$ yi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
* cing1 ji1 - literary (all other uses including the place name);
* ceng1 ji1 - colloquial (the fish).

### Noun

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)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 青衣, 青衣旦, 正旦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 青衣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 青衣 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 青衣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 青衣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 青衣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 青衣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 青衣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 青衣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 青衣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 青衣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 青衣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 青衣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 青衣旦, 青衣旦兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 青衣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 青衣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 正旦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 青衣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 青衣 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 青衣 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 青衣 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 青衣 |
| Gan | 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 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 烏衫旦 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 烏衫旦 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 烏衫旦 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 青衣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 青衣 |
| Wu | Danyang | 青衣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 青衣 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 青衣 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 青衣 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 青衣 |

#### Derived terms

* 青衣旦 (qīngyīdàn)

### Proper noun

青衣
* (～島) Tsing Yi (an island in Hong Kong)
* (～江) Qingyi River (a river in Sichuan, China)

#### Descendants

* → English: Tsing Yi