IDENTITY
青qīngblue-green; young
HSK 4Top 240
CORE MEANING
blue-green; young
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.blue-greenHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 青blue-green radical (qīng)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱龶月
- top element
- lower element
USAGE
Common words
青蛙qīngwāfrog
青年qīngniányouth; young person
青春qīngchūnyouth (time of life)
Graded examples
青蛙会游泳。Qīngwā huì yóuyǒng.HSK4
Frogs can swim.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Green shoots growing — the color of young life.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #240
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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