刺青

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (刺青)		刺	青
simp. #(刺青)		刺	青

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ ceng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhcing
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-chʻing¹
    • Yale: tsz̀-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhching
    • Palladius: цыцин (cycin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ ceng¹
    • Yale: chi chēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ tseng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ céng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

刺青

1. to tattoo

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紋身 (“to tattoo”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紋身, 刺青
Mandarin	Taiwan	紋身, 刺青
	Singapore	紋身
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紋身
Gan	Lichuan	紋身
Southern Min	Xiamen	刺龍, 刺鳳, 刺字, 紋身
	Quanzhou	刺字, 紋身
	Zhangzhou	紋身
	Tainan	刺字 GT, 刺龍 GT, 刺鳳 GT, 紋身 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	畫尪公
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
刺	青
いれずみ
Grade: S	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
刺靑 (kyūjitai)

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 刺青 (cìqīng).

For pronunciation and definitions of 刺青 – see the following entry.

【いれずみ】 [noun] a tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle) [noun] a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record [verb] to tattoo Alternative spellings 入れ墨, 入墨, 文身, 黥

(This term, 刺青, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
刺	青
し Grade: S	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
刺靑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しせー [shìséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕise̞ː]

Noun

刺(し)青(せい) • (shisei) 

1. tattoo