蒼翠

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Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	bluish-green; green jade
trad. (蒼翠)		蒼	翠
simp. (苍翠)		苍	翠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāngcuì

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄘㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ ceoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-chhùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāngcuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cangcuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-tsʻui⁴
  - Yale: tsāng-tswèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangtsuey
  - Palladius: цанцуй (cancuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ ceoi³
  - Yale: chōng cheui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ tsoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ cêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshong-tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhongzhuix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Adjective

蒼翠

(usually of vegetation) dark green; verdant; lush and green

Synonyms

(literary) 蒼鬱／苍郁 (cāngyù)
(Min Nan) 青蘢蘢／青茏茏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒼	翠
そう Jinmeiyō	すい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーすい (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

蒼(そう)翠(すい) • (sōsui)

(literary) dark green; lush greenness

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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