青絲

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	silk; thread; trace
trad. (青絲)		青	絲
simp. (青丝)		青	丝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngsī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ si¹, ceng¹ si¹
Min Nan (POJ): chheng-si

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄙ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ si¹, ceng¹ si¹
  - Yale: chīng sī, chēng sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ si¹, tseng¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ xi¹, céng¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-si
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

青絲

(literary) green silk thread or string
(literary) reins for a horse
(literary, figuratively) fine black hair (especially of a female) (Classifier: 縷／缕)
(literary, figuratively) girl in the prime of her youth
(literary) string of a stringed instrument
(literary, figuratively) willow branches or the vines of other plants
(literary, figuratively) garlic chive sprouts
shredded green plums

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