青春

See also: 靑春

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
simp. and trad. (青春)		青	春

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngchūn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ceon¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhûn
Min Nan (POJ): chheng-chhun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngchūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchuen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ ceon¹
  - Yale: chīng chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ cên¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ cun´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ cun¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Noun

青春

(literary) springtime; spring
- 青春受謝，白日昭只。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  青春受谢，白日昭只。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Qīngchūn shòu xiè, báirì zhāo zhǐ. [Pinyin]
  Green Spring receiveth the vacant earth;
  The white sun shineth.
(figuratively) youth; adolescence; youthfulness; prime of one's life
當青春不再 / 当青春不再 ― dāng qīngchūn bùzài ― when we are no longer young
(literary, usually honorific) age of young people

Derived terms

回復青春／回复青春
過了青春無少年／过了青春无少年
青春不再
青春兩敵／青春两敌
青春年少 (qīngchūnniánshào)

青春期 (qīngchūnqī)
青春永駐／青春永驻
青春活力 (qīngchūn huólì)
青春痘 (qīngchūndòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	春
せい Grade: 1	しゅん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せーしゅん [sèéshúń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

青春 (hiragana せいしゅん, rōmaji seishun)

youth; adolescence

Synonyms

(poetic) 青 (あお)い春 (はる) (aoi haru)

Derived terms

青 (せい)春 (しゅん)期 (き) (seishunki)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	春

Noun

青春 • (cheongchun) (hangeul 청춘)

Hanja form^? of 청춘 (“youth; adolescence”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
青	春

Noun

青春

Hán tự form of thanh xuân (“youth”).

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