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)
simp. #(青春)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


Noun

青春

  1. (literary) springtime; spring
  2. (figurative) youth; adolescence; youthfulness; prime of life
    青春不再青春不再   dāng qīngchūn bùzài   when we are no longer young
    青春理想   qīngchūn de lǐxiǎng   the ideals of youth
  3. (literary, usually honorific) age of young people

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 回復青春回复青春
  • 過了青春無少年过了青春无少年
  • 青春兩敵青春两敌
  • 青春永駐青春永驻
  • 青春雙歧桿菌青春双歧杆菌 (qīngchūn shuāngqígānjūn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青春):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1
しゅん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
靑春 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(せい)(しゅん) (seishun) 

  1. youth; adolescence

Synonyms

  • (poetic) (あお)(はる) (aoi haru)

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

青春 (cheongchun) (hangeul 청춘)

  1. Alternative form of 靑春 (youth; adolescence)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

青春

  1. chữ Hán form of thanh xuân (youth).
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