常青藤

chángqīngténg

noun #22,770

Meanings

1 ivy (plant)
2 Ivy League (colleges)

Characters

always / evergreen

green / blue-green

Examples

HSK 2

墙上爬满了常青藤。

Qiángshàng pá mǎn le chángqīngténg.

The wall is covered with ivy.

HSK 4

常青藤八校都位于美国东北部。

Chángqīngténg bā xiào dōu wèiyú Měiguó dōngběibù.

All eight Ivy League schools are located in the northeastern United States.

HSK 7-9

她梦想进入常青藤名校读书。

Tā mèngxiǎng jìnrù chángqīngténg míngxiào dúshū.

She dreams of studying at an Ivy League school.

Tips

culture

常青藤八校 refers to the eight Ivy League universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, and Cornell. The name comes from the ivy plants that historically grew on their old brick buildings.

Stroke Order

常 cháng

青 qīng

藤 téng