潺潺

Chinese

		flow; trickle (of water)	flow; trickle (of water)
simp. and trad. (潺潺)		潺	潺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chánchán

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴ saan⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhân-chhân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chánchán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chánchán
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan²-chʻan²
  - Yale: chán-chán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charncharn
  - Palladius: чаньчань (čanʹčanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan⁴ saan⁴
  - Yale: sàahn sàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan⁴ saan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san⁴ san⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn²¹ saːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-chhân
  - Tâi-lô: tshân-tshân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhanzhaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

Verb

潺潺

(onomatopoeia) to babble (of flowing water); to murmur; to gurgle; to purl
- 簾外雨潺潺，
  春意闌珊，
  羅衾不耐五更寒，
  夢裡不知身是客，
  一晌貪歡。 [MSC, trad.]
  帘外雨潺潺，
  春意阑珊，
  罗衾不耐五更寒，
  梦里不知身是客，
  一晌贪欢。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 10th century, Southern Tang emperor Li Yu, 《浪淘沙·簾外雨潺潺》 (Waves Washing the Sand / Outside the curtain, the rain is babbling)
  Lián wài yǔ chánchán,
  Chūn yì lán shān,
  Luóqīn bù nài wǔ gēng hán,
  Mèng lǐ bù zhī shēn shì kè,
  Yīshǎng tānhuān. [Pinyin]
  Outside the curtain rain babbles,
  Spring is wearing off,
  Silk bedding cannot fend off the fifth-watch chill,
  Lost in dreamland I know not myself as a guest,
  Indulging in pleasure for the moment.

Noun

潺潺

appearance of flowing water
sound of rain

Derived terms

流水潺潺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潺	潺
せん Hyōgai	せん Hyōgai

Adjective

潺(せん)潺(せん) • (sensen) ^†-tari (adnominal 潺(せん)潺(せん)とした (sensen to shita) or 潺(せん)潺(せん)たる (sensen taru), adverbial 潺(せん)潺(せん)と (sensen to) or 潺(せん)潺(せん)として (sensen to shite))

murmuring, bubbling (river etc.) (abbr. 潺々)