蒼莽

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	Illicium anisatum; rude
trad. (蒼莽)		蒼	莽
simp. (苍莽)		苍	莽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngmǎng, cǎngmǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄇㄤˇ, ㄘㄤˇ ㄇㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ mong⁵ / cong² mong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngmǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangmǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-mang³
    • Yale: tsāng-mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangmaang
    • Palladius: цанман (canman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎngmǎng [Phonetic: cángmǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˇ ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎngmǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang³-mang³
    • Yale: tsǎng-mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaangmaang
    • Palladius: цанман (canman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ mong⁵ / cong² mong⁵
    • Yale: chōng móhng / chóng móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ mong⁵ / tsong² mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ mong⁵ / cong² mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɔːŋ¹³/, /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵ mɔːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshangX mangX

Rime
Character	蒼	莽
Reading #	2/2	2/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	麁朗切	模朗切
Baxter	tshangX	mangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋX/	/maŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋX/	/mɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎng	mǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong2	mong5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋʔ  maːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒼	莽
Reading #	2/2	1/3
No.	1131	8772
Phonetic component	倉	茻
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒼	莽
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋʔ/	/*maːŋʔ/

Adjective

蒼莽

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

Synonyms

• (literary) 蒼茫／苍茫 (cāngmáng)