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2025
青梅竹馬
青梅竹馬
See also:
青梅竹马
Chinese
green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
plum flower
a bamboo stick used as a toy
horse
trad.
(
青梅竹馬
)
青
梅
竹馬
simp.
(
青梅竹马
)
青
梅
竹马
Idiom
青梅竹馬
a girl and a boy playing innocently together; a man and a woman who had an innocent affection for each other in childhood
Etymology
Lit.:
green
plums
and a
bamboo
horse
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
qīngméizhúmǎ
(
Zhuyin
)
: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
cing
1
mui
4
zuk
1
maa
5
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
,
Beijing
)
+
Pinyin
:
qīngméizhúmǎ
Zhuyin
:
ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
chingmeijwumaa
IPA
(key)
:
/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ma̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
)
+
Jyutping
:
cing
1
mui
4
zuk
1
maa
5
Yale
:
ch
ī
ng mùih j
ū
k máh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
tsing
1
mui
4
dzuk
7
maa
5
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sʰɪŋ
⁵⁵
muːi̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵ mɑː¹³/
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