昌盛

Chinese

		prosperous; flourish	flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname
simp. and trad. (昌盛)		昌	盛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāngshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ sing⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong-sēng / chhiang-sēng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshaon-zen₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāngshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: changshèng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹-shêng⁴
    • Yale: chāng-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changshenq
    • Palladius: чаншэн (čanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng¹ sing⁶
    • Yale: chēung sihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ sing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ xing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong-sēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong-sīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiongseng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang-sēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiang-sīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiangseng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshaon-zen₆
    • MiniDict: tshaon^平 zen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshaan-zen₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ zən²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhang dzyengH

Rime
Character	昌	盛
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尺良切	承正切
Baxter	tsyhang	dzyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/	/d͡ʑiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/	/d͡ʑiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨaŋ/	/d͡ʑiajŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/	/ʑiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/	/ʑĭɛŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/	/ʑi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāng	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng1	sing6

Adjective

昌盛

1. prosperous

   日益昌盛  ―  rìyì chāngshèng  ―  to become increasingly prosperous

Synonyms

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• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
• 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌隆 (chānglóng)
• 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
• 繽紛／缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
• 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

 

Antonyms

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• 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 清淡 (qīngdàn)
• 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)