滾滾

See also: 滚滚

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	to boil; to roll
trad. (滾滾)		滾	滾
simp. (滚滚)		滚	滚
alternative forms		混混

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔngǔn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan² gwan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kún-kún
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kún-kún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gung² gung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔngǔn [Phonetic: gúngǔn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔngǔn
    • Wade–Giles: kun³-kun³
    • Yale: gwǔn-gwǔn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goengoen
    • Palladius: гуньгунь (gunʹgunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwan² gwan²
    • Yale: gwán gwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan² gwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen² guen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵ kʷɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kún-kún
    • Hakka Romanization System: gun^ˋ gun^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gun³ gun³
    • Sinological IPA: /kun³¹ kun³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún-kún
    • Tâi-lô: kún-kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwnkuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gung² gung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kúng kúng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kuŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

滾滾

1. (literary, ideophonic) rolling along; billowing; churning

   • 滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     滚滚长江东逝水，浪花淘尽英雄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 14th Century, Yang Shen, The Immortals by the River, line 1

     Gǔngǔn Cháng Jiāng dōng shì shuǐ, lànghuā táo jìn yīngxióng. [Pinyin]

     Dinning and spinning Changjiang's waters eastward flow; its sprays drowning each and every hero.

2. (literary, ideophonic, figurative) flowing continuously; rolling in

Derived terms

• 圓滾滾 / 圆滚滚 (yuángǔngǔn)
• 滾滾紅塵 / 滚滚红尘
• 滾滾蹡蹡 / 滚滚𬧀𬧀
• 熱滾滾 / 热滚滚
• 粗滾滾 / 粗滚滚
• 翻滾滾 / 翻滚滚
• 財源滾滾 / 财源滚滚 (cáiyuángǔngǔn)
• 黃塵滾滾 / 黄尘滚滚

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滾	滾
こん Hyōgai	こん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 滾滾 – see the following entry.

【滾々こんこん】 [adnominal] (of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing [adnominal] (figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous [adnominal] jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state [adnominal] tumbling, rolling Alternative spellings 渾々, 渾渾, 混々, 混混, コンコン

(This term, 滾滾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)