蒼茫

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	vague; vast
trad. (蒼茫)		蒼	茫
simp. (苍茫)		苍	茫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngmáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ mong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-bông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cang¹ mang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngmáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄇㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangmáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-mang²
    • Yale: tsāng-máng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangmang
    • Palladius: цанман (canman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ mong⁴
    • Yale: chōng mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-bông
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongboong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cang¹ mang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshang mâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ³³⁻²³ maŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshang mang

Rime
Character	蒼	茫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	莫郎切
Baxter	tshang	mang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/maŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	máng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1	mong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ  maːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒼	茫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	1126	12641
Phonetic component	倉	亡
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉	茫
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*maːŋ/
Notes		見漢書

Adjective

蒼茫

1. (literary) vast; boundless
2. (literary) indistinct; hazy; blurred

Synonyms

• (vast):
  • (literary) 蒼莽／苍莽 (cāngmǎng)
  • (Hokkien) 闊莽莽／阔莽莽