猖狂

Chinese

		mad; wild	conceited; mad
simp. and trad. (猖狂)		猖	狂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāngkuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ ㄎㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ kong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông-khòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong-kông / chhiang-kông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāngkuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ ㄎㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: changkuáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹-kʻuang²
    • Yale: chāng-kwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: changkwang
    • Palladius: чанкуан (čankuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng¹ kong⁴
    • Yale: chēung kòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ kong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ kong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông-khòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˊ kong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹ kong²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴ kʰoŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong-kông
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong-kông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiongkoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³ kɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang-kông
    • Tâi-lô: tshiang-kông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiangkoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhang gjwang

Rime
Character	猖	狂
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尺良切	巨王切
Baxter	tsyhang	gjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/	/ɡʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/	/ɡʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/	/ɡiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨaŋ/	/guaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/	/ɡiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/	/ɡĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/	/giwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāng	kuáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng1	kwong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋ  ɡʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	狂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuáng
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ/
English	mad, reckless
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	猖	狂
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	1251	12732
Phonetic component	昌	王
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	昌	狂
Old Chinese	/*tʰjaŋ/	/*ɡʷaŋ/

Adjective

猖狂

1. blatant; intemperate; profligate
2. savage; furious; aggressive

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (猖狂):

• → Japanese: 猖狂(しょうきょう) (shōkyō)

See also

• 猖獗 (chāngjué)
• 放肆 (fàngsì)
• 瘋狂／疯狂 (fēngkuáng)