# 青色
## Chinese

* 青色 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 青色 (Cantonese)
* Chhiâng-set (Hakka)
* Chăng-sáik (Eastern Min)
* Chheⁿ-sek (Southern Min)
* 青色 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qīngsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng$^1$ sik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-set
    (Hailu, HRS): ciang$^ˋ$ sed
* Eastern Min (BUC): chăng-sáik
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chheⁿ-sek / chhiⁿ-sek / chhiⁿ-siak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cên$^1$ sêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chin-seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cingsè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻing$^1$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: chīng-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingseh
*** Palladius: цинсэ (cinsɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$青澀 / 青涩 青色
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceng$^1$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: chēng sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tseng$^1$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: céng$^1$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-set
*** Hakka Romanization System: qiang$^ˊ$ sed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qiang$^1$ sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴ set̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciang$^ˋ$ sed
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³ set⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chăng-sáik
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(s-)}$naiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-sek
*** Tâi-lô: tshenn-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhveseg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² sek̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-sek
*** Tâi-lô: tshinn-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chviseg
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰĩ³³ siɪk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² sek̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-siak
*** Tâi-lô: tshinn-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chvisiag
*** IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰĩ³³ siak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cên$^1$ sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ sek
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$chin-seq
*** MiniDict: chin$^平$ seh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$qin-seq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ səʔ²¹/

### Noun

青色
* blue-green; cyan
* (Cantonese) yellow-green
* (Hakka, Southern Min) green
* (colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian Mandarin) green; light green (the colour of grass and leaves)
    Synonym: 綠色 / 绿色 (lǜsè)

#### Synonyms

* (cyan): (literary) 千千 (qiānqiān)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 綠色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 綠色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 綠色, 青色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 綠色, 青色 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 綠顏色, 綠色 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 綠色 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 青色, 綠色 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 青色 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 青色 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 青色 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 青色 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 青色 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 青色 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 青色 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 綠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 青色 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 綠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 綠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 青色 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 青色 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 青色, 綠色 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 青色 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 青色 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 青色 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 綠色 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 綠顏色 |

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 청색(靑色) (cheongsaek)

### See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色 / 颜色 (layout · text) :
| 白色 | 灰色 | 黑色 |
| 紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红 | 橙色; 棕色, 褐色 | 黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色 |
| 青檸色 / 青柠色 | 綠色 / 绿色 | |
| 青色; 深青色 | 湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色 | 藍色 / 蓝色 |
| 紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色 | 洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色 | 粉紅色 / 粉红色 |

### Further reading

* “青色”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 青 | 色 |
| あお Grade: 1 | いろ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 靑色 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a̠o̞iɾo̞]

### Noun

青(あお)色(いろ) • (aoiro)
* blue (color)

#### See also

* 色(いろ) (iro): color