青 (Ao) is a Japanese noun meaning “blue, azure, green, green light (traffic)”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounblue; azure
- noun, adjectival noungreenmostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights
- noungreen light (traffic)
- nounblack (horse coat color)
- nounblue 5-point card
- prefiximmature; unripe; young
Examples
信号は青だ。
The traffic signal is green.
赤信号が青に変った。
The light changed from red to green.
信号が青になったよ。
The signal turned green.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).