BLUE    藍

COLOUR of the SKY AND the DEEP SEA.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Qīng 青 is perhaps the most current word for dark blue, but this word covers a wider spectrum including dark green and even dark grey. 2. Cāng 蒼 refers to the blue colour, prototypically to the bright blue colour like that of the sky. [GENERAL] 3. Lán 藍 is rarely used in pre-Buddhist times, and the word refers to a deep, rich blue colour. [SPECIFIC]; [[RARE]]
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ART 16. 青，春日草木之色，又指礦物顏料青雘；青色通稱。 藍，藍草，其葉或莖可制藍色染料；唐代始用為口語中藍色通稱。 蒼，草之色；兼指深青色和淺青色。 碧，青色玉石；喻指淺青色。 綠，帛之青黃色；引申為青黃色。 翠，青羽雀；喻指淺青色。 蔥，可作菜或調味品的草本植物，喻指淺青色。
Modern Chinese Criteria
藍 蔚藍 天藍 碧藍 青藍 寶藍 藍盈盈 藍晶晶 淡藍 淺藍 蔥白 月白 品月 深藍 湛藍 靛藍 靛 藍靛 靛青 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • GREENCOLOUR TYPICALLY RESEMBLING that of LEAVES IN SPRING.
Hypernym
  • COLOUR　APPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.67

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 959

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 51

  • Kleine Schriften Deutsche Ostasienstudien ( UNGER 2009) p. 1-9

  • 語言學論集 ( ZHANG YONGYAN 1992) p. 100-13

  • Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens ( BAECHTHOLD-STAEUBLI 1987) p.

    • Words (6 items)

    青  qīng OC: tsheeŋ MC: tsheŋ 18 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturedark green/blue/grey colour, "grue"
    • vadNgreen; green/blue; dark grey
    • vibe green; green/blue; dark grey
    • vi.red:adNintensitiveREDUP: deeply green
    • vichangeturn green/blue/dark grey
    • vt+prep+Ngradedbe more green/blue than
    蒼  cāng OC: skhaaŋ MC: tshɑŋ 12 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • n.redblue hue, blue colour
    • nmblue dye
    • v[adN]what is steely-dark blueCH
    • vadNazure blue (sky)
    • viazure blue
    • vichangeturn azure blue
    蒼蒼  cāng cāng MC: tshang tshang OC: skhaaŋ skhaaŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeatureintense bluenessCH
    藍  lán OC: ɡ-raam MC: lɑm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturethe dark blue colour LH: 藍朱 "blue and scarlet"
    • viindigo blue
    靛  diàn OC: deens MC: den 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • videep blue
    蔚藍  wèi lán OC: quds ɡ-raam MC: ʔɨi lɑm 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPipost-Han, DU FU: sky-blue