青

青 qīng in a sentence

Blue-green (young)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 11 sentences

青 (qīng) means Blue-green (young). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

山上一片 青 色。

Shān shàng yí piàn qīng sè.

The mountain is a stretch of green.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青

这些 青 菜很新鲜。

Zhèxiē qīngcài hěn xīnxiān.

These green vegetables are very fresh.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青

这个 青 菜很嫩。

Zhège qīngcài hěn nèn.

This green vegetable is very tender.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 嫩

青 春是最美好的时光。

Qīngchūn shì zuì měihǎo de shíguāng.

Youth is the finest time of life.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青春

这堵墙是用 青 砖砌的。

Zhè dǔ qiáng shì yòng qīng zhuān qì de.

This wall is built of grey brick.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 砖

这本书很适合 青 少年看。

Zhè běn shū hěn shìhé qīngshàonián kàn.

This book is well suited to teenagers.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青少年

青 少年要注意保护眼睛。

Qīngshàonián yào zhùyì bǎohù yǎnjing.

Teenagers should take care of their eyes.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青少年

他把 青 春都给了这份工作。

Tā bǎ qīngchūn dōu gěi le zhè fèn gōngzuò.

He gave his whole youth to this job.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青春

广场中央有一座 青 铜雕塑。

Guǎngchǎng zhōngyāng yǒu yí zuò qīngtóng diāosù.

There is a bronze sculpture in the middle of the square.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雕塑

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From the travel phrasebook

青 菜

qīngcài

green vegetables

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

我对 青 霉素过敏。

Wǒ duì qīngméisù guòmǐn.

I'm allergic to penicillin.

Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies

Words that contain 青

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 青

How is 青 used in a sentence?

This page shows 11 sentences using 青 (qīng, "Blue-green (young)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 青 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 青 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 青 an HSK word?

Yes — 青 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 青?

The dictionary page for 青 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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