青紫

qīngzǐ

adjective

Meanings

1 bluish purple
2 cyanotic (medical)
3 black and blue

Characters

Examples

病人嘴唇青紫，呼吸困难。

Bìngrén zuǐchún qīngzǐ, hūxī kùnnán.

The patient's lips are cyanotic and breathing is labored.

他摔倒后膝盖青紫了一大片。

Tā shuāidǎo hòu xīgài qīngzǐ le yí dà piàn.

After the fall, his knee had a big bluish-purple bruise.

Tips

usage

In medicine, 青紫 = cyanosis, a sign of poor oxygenation (lips, fingertips turn blue-purple). In everyday speech it just describes the color of a bruise.

Stroke Order

青 qīng

紫 zǐ