青肿 (qīngzhǒng): bruise

Meanings

1 bruise
2 black-and-blue mark
3 contusion

Characters

青

Examples

他摔了一跤，胳膊上有一块青肿。

Tā shuāile yì jiāo, gēbo shàng yǒu yí kuài qīngzhǒng.

He fell and got a bruise on his arm.

孩子的腿上有几处青肿。

Háizi de tuǐ shàng yǒu jǐ chù qīngzhǒng.

The child has a few bruises on his leg.

Tips

memory

青 (greenish-blue) + 肿 (swollen) — exactly the color and shape of a bruise. The Chinese aligns with English "black and blue" but uses the green-blue end of the spectrum.

Stroke Order

青 qīng

肿 zhǒng

Related Words

鼻青脸肿 bíqīngliǎnzhǒng #27,710

with a black eye and a swollen face / beaten black and blue; badly beaten up

青 qīng HSK 5 #3,715

green; blue; blue-green / young; youthful / black (of hair)

瘀青 yūqīng

bruise / contusion / black-and-blue mark

青紫 qīngzǐ

bluish purple / cyanotic (medical) / black and blue

青波 qīngbō

Chongqing blue-green carp (青波鱼) / clear blue-green waves (literary)

青一块紫一块 qīngyíkuàizǐyíkuài

black and blue / covered in bruises

青衣 qīngyī

qingyi (virtuous young/middle-aged female role in Chinese opera) / servant (archaic, from black clothes) / black clothing

青色 qīngsè #33,237

cyan / blue-green / dark blue or green color

青山郭外斜 qīngshānguōwàixié

green mountains slope away beyond the village wall / blue hills slant outside the town / Meng Haoran line from Visiting the Old Friend's Farm

青山依旧在 qīngshānyījiùzài

the green mountains remain as they were / enduring nature outlasts human affairs / (lit.) the blue-green hills are still there