| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; CL:个 |
| 青 | qīng | nature's color; green or blue; greenish black; youth; young (of people); abbr. for Qinghai province 青海 |
| 青花 | qīng huā | blue and white (porcelain) |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
| 青海 | Qīng hǎi | Qinghai province (Tsinghai) in west China, abbr. 青, capital Xining 西宁 |
| 青饲料 | qīng sì liào | silage; green fodder |
| 青铜 | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 铜 and tin 锡) |
| 青贮 | qīng zhù | silage; green fodder |
| 青草 | qīng cǎo | grass |
| 青岛 | Qīng dǎo | Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong |
| 青山 | qīng shān | green hills; (the good) life; Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city 包头市, Inner Mongolia |
| 青菜 | qīng cài | green vegetables; Chinese cabbage |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | frog; CL:只 |
| 青鱼 | qīng yú | black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus); herring; mackerel |
| 青天 | qīng tiān | clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official) |
| 青铜器 | qīng tóng qì | bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC |
| 青州 | Qīng zhōu | Qingzhou county level city in Weifang 潍坊, Shandong |
| 青稞 | qīng kē | highland barley (grown in Tibet and Qinghai); qingke barley |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | an adolescent; a youth; young person; teenage; teenager |
| 青松 | qīng sōng | pine |
| 青年人 | qīng nián rén | youth as a group |
| 青工 | qīng gōng | young worker (esp of the CPC) |
| 青翠 | qīng cuì | fresh and green; verdant |
| 青霉素 | qīng méi sù | penicillin |
| 青黄不接 | qīng huáng bù jiē | lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop; temporary deficit in manpower or resources; unable to make ends meet |
| 青紫 | qīng zǐ | purple |
| 青豆 | qīng dòu | green soya bean |
| 青龙 | Qīng Lóng | Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 东方青龙 or 东方苍龙 |
| 青春期 | qīng chūn qī | puberty; adolescence |
| 青瓦台 | Qīng wǎ tái | Blue House (Cheong wa dae 청와대), residence of President of South Korea in Seoul |
| 青光眼 | qīng guāng yǎn | glaucoma |
| 青出于蓝 | qīng chū yú lán | lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior to the master; same as couplet 青出於藍,青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 |
青出于蓝，
而胜于蓝 | qīng chū yú lán ,
ér shèng yú lán | lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom); fig. the student becomes superior to the master |
| 青原 | Qīng yuán | Qingyuan district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi |
| 青原区 | Qīng yuán qū | Qingyuan district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi |
| 青史 | qīng shǐ | annal; historical record; CL: 笔 |
| 青囊 | qīng náng | medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old) |
| 青囊经 | Qīng náng jīng | Qingnangjing, a book on medical practice written by 华佗 |
| 青城山 | Qīng chéng shān | Mount Qingcheng |
| 青壮年 | qīng zhuàng nián | the prime of one's life |
| 青天大老爷 | qīng tiān dà lǎo ye | Grandpa in the clear sky; God |
| 青天霹雳 | qīng tiān pī lì | thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue |
| 青字头 | qīng zì tóu | "top of 青 character" component in Chinese characters |
| 青山区 | Qīng shān qū | Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city 包头市, Inner Mongolia |
| 青山州 | qīng shān zhōu | Vermont (green mountain state) |
| 青山湖 | Qīng shān hú | Qingshanhu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi |
| 青山湖区 | Qīng shān hú qū | Qingshanhu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi |
| 青山绿水 | qīng shān lǜ shuǐ | lit. green hills and clear waters; pleasant country scene (idiom) |
| 青冈 | Qīng gāng | Qinggang county in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 青冈县 | Qīng gāng xiàn | Qinggang county in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang |
