意氣揚揚

See also: 意气扬扬 and 意気揚揚

Chinese

		spirit; enthusiasm; inclination spirit; enthusiasm; inclination; disposition
trad. (意氣揚揚)		意氣	揚揚
simp. (意气扬扬)		意气	扬扬
alternative forms		意氣洋洋／意气洋洋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìqìyángyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ hei³ joeng⁴ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìqìyángyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìcìyángyáng
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chʻi⁴-yang²-yang²
    • Yale: yì-chì-yáng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihchihyangyang
    • Palladius: ициянъян (icijanʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ hei³ joeng⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: yi hei yèuhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ hei³ joeng⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ héi³ yêng⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ hei̯³³ jœːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

意氣揚揚

1. proud of oneself; complacent

   • 然五人之當刑也，意氣揚揚，呼中丞之名而詈之，談笑以死，斷頭置城上，顔色不少變。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     然五人之当刑也，意气扬扬，呼中丞之名而詈之，谈笑以死，断头置城上，颜色不少变。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628, 張溥,《五人墓碑記》

     Rán wǔrén zhī dāng xíng yě, yìqìyángyáng, hū zhōngchéng zhī míng ér lì zhī, tánxiào yǐ sǐ, duàntóu zhì chéng shàng, yánsè bù shǎo biàn. [Pinyin]

     The five men, however, when facing execution, remained high-spirited, calling Wei Zhongxian by name and hurling insults at him. They met their death with laughter and casual conversation. Even after their severed heads were displayed atop the city walls, their expressions did not change in the slightest.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (意氣揚揚):

• → Japanese: 意気揚揚(いきようよう) (ikiyōyō)
• → Korean: 의기양양(意氣揚揚) (uigiyang'yang)