青藜

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	Chenopodium album
trad. (青藜)		青	藜
simp. ^#(青藜)		青	藜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnglí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinglí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-li²
  - Yale: chīng-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingli
  - Palladius: цинли (cinli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ li³⁵/

Noun

青藜

(literary) walking stick; cane (Classifier: 個／个 m; 把 m)

Usage notes

In Mandarin, 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) is the most commonly used term for walking stick. By contrast, 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) can be used to describe a cane that has other uses, such as hiking or scaring away wild snakes.

Synonyms

手杖 (shǒuzhàng)
扶杖 (fúzhàng) (literary)
拐 (guǎi)
拐子 (guǎizi)
拄拐 (zhǔguǎi) (literary)
拐杖 (guǎizhàng)
拄杖 (zhǔzhàng) (literary)
拐棍 (guǎigùn)
文明棍 (wénmínggùn) (dated)

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