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
trad. (青春)		青	春
simp. #(青春)		青	春

Etymology

Perhaps from "green" and "spring", the color and season associated with the Wu Xing element "Wood", which is associated with vitality.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngchūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ceon¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhûn
• Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng-chŭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chhun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngchūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingchun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻun¹
    • Yale: chīng-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchuen
    • Palladius: цинчунь (cinčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: chīng chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ cun´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ cun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-chŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chhun
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-tshun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/

Noun

青春

1. (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.

2. (figurative) youth; adolescence; youthfulness; prime of life

   當青春不再／当青春不再  ―  dāng qīngchūn bùzài  ―  when we are no longer young

   青春的理想  ―  qīngchūn de lǐxiǎng  ―  the ideals of youth

3. (literary, usually honorific) age of young people

Synonyms

• (youth): (literary, figurative) 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)

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)
• 青春雙歧桿菌／青春双歧杆菌 (qīngchūn shuāngqígānjūn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青春):

• → Japanese: 青春(せいしゅん) (seishun)
• → Korean: 청춘(靑春) (cheongchun)
• → Vietnamese: thanh xuân (青春)

→ Vietnamese: xuân xanh (calque)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
靑春 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• (poetic) 青(あお)い春(はる) (aoi haru), アオハル (aoharu)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーしゅん [sèéshúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

青(せい)春(しゅん) • (seishun) 

1. youth; adolescence

Derived terms

• 青春期(せいしゅんき) (seishunki)

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	春

Noun

青春 • (cheongchun) (hangeul 청춘)

1. Alternative form of 靑春 (“youth; adolescence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	春

Noun

青春

1. chữ Hán form of thanh xuân (“youth”).