青睞

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See also: 青睐

Chinese

green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) gaze; stare
trad. (青睞)
simp. (青睐)
Literally: “to watch someone with the black of the eyes; to look straight”.

Etymology

From a well-known tale of Ruan Ji, see 青眼

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (37)
Final () (125) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter tsheng lojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /lʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /ləiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛŋ/ /lɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛjŋ/ /ləjH/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /lᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰieŋ/ /lɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰieŋ/ /lɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qīng lài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cing1 loi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsheng ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁeŋ/
English green or blue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11362 7615
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰleːŋ/ /*rɯːs/
Notes

Verb

青睞

  1. (literary, figurative) to favour; to think highly of; to be in someone's good graces
    受到青睞受到青睐  ―  shòudào qīnglài  ―  to find favour (with someone)

Synonyms