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青

qīng · qing/Qīng · qing

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Meaning

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qīng 青

  1. green
  2. blue
  3. black
  4. youth
  5. young (of people)

Qīng 青

  1. abbr. for 青海 (Qīng hǎi), Qinghai Province
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Green shopping

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)买了(mǎile)什么(shénme)？

    Dengdeng, what did you buy?

  2. Dengdeng

    一把(yībǎ)青菜(qīngcài)，还有(háiyǒu)两个(liǎnggè)青(qīng)苹果(píngguǒ)。

    A bunch of greens and two green apples.

  3. Liangliang

    为什么(wèishénme)买(mǎi)这么多(zhèmeduō)青色(qīngsè)的(de)东西(dōngxi)？

    Why do you buy so many green things?

  4. Dengdeng

    医生(yīshēng)说(shuō)，我(wǒ)要(yào)多(duō)吃(chī)青菜(qīngcài)。

    The doctor says I should eat more greens.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)青(qīng)苹果(píngguǒ)也(yě)是(shì)青菜(qīngcài)吗(ma)？

    Is a green apple a vegetable too?

  6. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)，可是(kěshì)它们(tāmen)都(dōu)是(shì)青色(qīngsè)的呀(deya)！

    No, but they are both green!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

昨(zuó)晚(wǎn)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)两(liǎng)个(gè)青(qīng)苹(píng)果(guǒ)和(hé)一(yì)碗(wǎn)青(qīng)葡(pú)萄(tao)。

I ate two green apples and a bowl of green grapes last night.

Tatoeba: Chinese by AwabiJan · English by mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)不(bú)要(yào)红(hóng)甜(tián)椒(jiāo)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)要(yào)青(qīng)甜(tián)椒(jiāo)。

I don't want red bell peppers, I want green ones.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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