荒殘

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled
trad. (荒殘)		荒	殘
simp. (荒残)		荒	残

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngcán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄘㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngcán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄘㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangcán
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-tsʻan²
    • Yale: hwāng-tsán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangtsarn
    • Palladius: хуанцань (xuancanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwang dzan

Rime
Character	荒	殘
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼光切	昨干切
Baxter	xwang	dzan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋ/	/d͡zɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋ/	/d͡zɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋ/	/d͡zɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋ/	/d͡zan/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋ/	/d͡zɑn/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋ/	/d͡zɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwɑŋ/	/d͡zʱɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāng	cán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	caan4

Adjective

荒殘

1. (literary) in ruins, devastated

   • 然益土荒殘，野無青草，成都之內，殆無孑遺。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     然益土荒残，野无青草，成都之内，殆无孑遗。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

     Rán Yì tǔ huāngcán, yě wú qīngcǎo, chéngdōu zhīnèi, dài wú jiéyí. [Pinyin]

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   • 諸荒殘寄治郡縣，民戶寡少，可并合之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     诸荒残寄治郡县，民户寡少，可并合之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Southern Qi, by Xiao Zixian, 6^th century CE

     Zhū huāngcán jìzhì jùnxiàn, mínhù guǎshào, kě bìnghé zhī. [Pinyin]

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   • 然今江南六州之土，尚又荒殘，方之平日，數十分之一耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     然今江南六州之土，尚又荒残，方之平日，数十分之一耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

     Rán jīn Jiāngnán liù zhōu zhī tǔ, shàng yòu huāngcán, fāng zhī píngrì, shù shí fēn zhī yī ěr. [Pinyin]

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荒殘):

• → Vietnamese: hoang tàn (荒殘)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
荒	殘

Adjective

荒殘

1. chữ Hán form of hoang tàn (“in ruins, devastated”).