菁菁

Chinese

		flower of leek	flower of leek
simp. and trad. (菁菁)		菁	菁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zing¹
Min Nan (POJ): chheng-chheng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: jīngjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjing
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingjing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ zing¹
  - Yale: jīng jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ jing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chheng
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-tshing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

菁菁

(literary) luxuriant; exuberant; lush
菁菁者莪，在彼中阿。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Jīngjīng zhě é, zài bǐ zhōng ē. [Pinyin]
Luxuriantly grows the aster-southernwood, in the midst of that large mound.

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