青睞

See also: 青睐

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	gaze; stare
trad. (青睞)		青	睞
simp. (青睐)		青	睐
Literally: “to watch (someone) with the black [i.e. pupil] of the eye”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnglài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ loi⁶ / cing¹ loi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-lāi

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinglài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-lai⁴
    • Yale: chīng-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinglay
    • Palladius: цинлай (cinlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 清瀨／清濑 青睞／青睐

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ loi⁶ / cing¹ loi⁴
    • Yale: chīng loih / chīng lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ loi⁶ / tsing¹ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ loi⁶ / qing¹ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²²/, /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-lāi
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-lāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhenglai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ lai⁴¹/

Verb

青睞

1. (literary, figurative) to favour; to think highly of; to be in someone's good graces

   受到青睞／受到青睐  ―  shòudào qīnglài  ―  to find favour (with someone)

Synonyms

• 青眼 (qīngyǎn)