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青春

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
simp. and trad. (青春)		青	春

Noun

青春

youth; adolescence
(literary) springtime
(archaic) age (in years)

Derived terms

青春期 (qīngchūnqī)

青春痘 (qīngchūndòu)

Japanese

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

Noun

青春 ‎(hiragana せいしゅん, romaji seishun)

youth; adolescence

Compounds

青春期

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qīngchūn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ceon¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhûn
Min Nan (POJ): chheng-chhun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngchūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchuen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ ceon¹
  - Yale: chīng chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsoen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɵn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ cun´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ cun¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chhun
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-tshun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰun⁴⁴/