HSK 5 · Adjectives

青 qīng “green” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 青 means

  1. green
  2. blue
  3. black
  4. youth
  5. young (of people)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • short name for Qinghai 青海

How to say 青

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale青qīng1st tone, high and level

青 in a sentence

  1. 这颗苹果是青色的。

    Zhè kē píngguǒ shì qīngsè de.

    This apple is green.

    Sentence #13166967 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我很喜欢青椒。

    Wǒ hěn xǐhuan qīngjiāo.

    I really like green capsicums.

    Sentence #6940166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 青 also appears in words about youth, such as 青春 (youth)

    青春只有一次。

    Qīngchūn zhǐ yǒu yí cì.

    You’re only young once.

    Sentence #604475 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 青 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 青 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
青qīnggreen
  • 龶part of the character
  • 月moon · yuè

How to write 青

青 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

青 (qīng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 青 (qīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 青

Words with 青

青春qīngchūn · youth青少年qīngshàonián · adolescent

More words: Adjectives

巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲切qīnqiè · amiable勤奋qínfèn · hardworking清淡qīngdàn · light (of food全面quánmiàn · comprehensive热烈rèliè · enthusiastic弱ruò · weak

FAQs

青 (qīng) means “green” or “blue”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qīng: qīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 青 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 青 from the suggestions. Typing qing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
青 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.