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
trad. (青春)		青	春
simp. ^#(青春)		青	春

Perhaps from "green" and "spring", the color and season associated with the Wu Xing element "Wood", which is associated with vitality.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngchūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄔㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingchun
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-chʻun¹
  - Yale: chīng-chwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchuen
  - Palladius: цинчунь (cinčunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ ceon¹
  - Yale: chīng chēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ tsoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ cên¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰɵn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ cun´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ cun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-chŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
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/

青春

(literary) springtime; spring
- 青春受謝，白日昭只。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  青春受谢，白日昭只。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE
  Qīngchūn shòu xiè, báirì zhāo zhǐ. [Pinyin]
  Green Spring receiveth the vacant earth;
  The white sun shineth.
(figurative) youth; adolescence; youthfulness; prime of life
當青春不再／当青春不再 ― dāng qīngchūn bùzài ― when we are no longer young

青春的理想 ― qīngchūn de lǐxiǎng ― the ideals of youth
(literary, usually honorific) age of young people

Sino-Xenic (青春):

Alternative spelling
靑春 (kyūjitai)

青(せい)春(しゅん) • (seishun)

Hanja in this term
青	春

青春 • (cheongchun) (hangeul 청춘)

Hán tự in this term
青	春

青春

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