沖沖

Chinese

		strong; powerful; forceful strong; powerful; forceful; dynamic; to punch; to rinse; to collide; to water; to rush; to dash (against); to wash out; to charge; highway; public road	strong; powerful; forceful strong; powerful; forceful; dynamic; to punch; to rinse; to collide; to water; to rush; to dash (against); to wash out; to charge; highway; public road
trad. (沖沖/冲冲*)		沖/冲	沖/冲
simp. (冲冲*)		冲	冲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōngchōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ cung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōngchōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chongchong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung¹-chʻung¹
    • Yale: chūng-chūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongchong
    • Palladius: чунчун (čunčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 忡忡 憧憧 衝衝 / 冲冲

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ cung¹
    • Yale: chūng chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwng drjuwng

Rime
Character	沖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直弓切
Baxter	drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ruŋ  [d]ruŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*duŋ  duŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	沖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chōng
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ruŋ/
English	sound of cutting ice
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	沖
Reading #	1/1
No.	17416
Phonetic component	中
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟲
Old Chinese	/*duŋ/

Adjective

沖沖

1. (ideophonic) excited; in high spirits; (of emotions) running high
2. (literary, ideophonic) hanging; drooping
3. (literary, ideophonic) Alternative form of 忡忡 (chōngchōng)

Synonyms

• (excited):

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• 抖擻 / 抖擞 (dǒusǒu) (literary)
• 振作 (zhènzuò)
• 振奮 / 振奋 (zhènfèn)
• 興沖沖 / 兴冲冲 (xìngchōngchōng)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “excited”):

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• 不振 (bùzhèn)

 

Derived terms

• 喜沖沖 / 喜冲冲
• 怒氣沖沖 / 怒气冲冲
• 急沖沖 / 急冲冲
• 怒沖沖 / 怒冲冲
• 氣沖沖 / 气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
• 火沖沖 / 火冲冲
• 興沖沖 / 兴冲冲 (xìngchōngchōng)

 

Noun

沖沖

1. (literary, onomatopoeia) sound of chiseling ice