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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓝* | 蓝* | *蓝
blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
blue (color)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
blue sky
HSK 6
greenish-blue / emerald green
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
dark blue
blue topaz / topaz (aluminum fluorosilicate)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沧* | 沧* | *沧
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
cyan / blue-green
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苍* | 苍* | *苍
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
the blue dome of heaven
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
blue chip stock
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
azure; sky-blue
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
blue and white (porcelain)
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
dark blue
(bird species of China) blue-eared barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis)
sapphire blue
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
veins / blue veins
sky blue
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
blue cheese
a clear blue sky
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
blue or green jujube / Chinese green date
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缥* | 缥* | *缥
(literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
dark blue
pinkish blue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黻* | 黻* | *黻
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
blue shift (astronomy)
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) / blue-ear swine fever
blue and white porcelain
light blue
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
navy blue
fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance
blue whale
blue rose
bright blue
(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碧* | 碧* | *碧
green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
(bird species of China) blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
navy blue
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
(computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death"
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia / also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
light blue
(bird species of China) Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)
blue, gold and yellow (BGY), the three methods of manipulation: information control (via media and the Internet), money (bribery etc) and sexual temptation (honey trap etc)
(bird species of China) red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha)
blue-tongue (viral disease of livestock)
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
indigo blue
Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye)
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
(bird species of China) blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock
(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
pale blue
alkali blue
lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
(bird species of China) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
blue giant star
(bird species of China) blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum)
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
(bird species of China) blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)
(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty)
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
light blue
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记, Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)
(bird species of China) blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)

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