蠻荊

Chinese

		barbarian; bullying; very barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless	thorns; brambles
trad. (蠻荊)		蠻	荊
simp. (蛮荆)		蛮	荆
anagram		荊蠻／荆蛮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mánjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁴ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mánjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mánjing
    • Wade–Giles: Man²-ching¹
    • Yale: Mán-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Manjing
    • Palladius: Маньцзин (Manʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁴ ging¹
    • Yale: màahn gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁴ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁴ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

蠻荊

1. (historical) the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, under the rule of Chu

   • 蠢爾蠻荊，大邦為讎。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蠢尔蛮荆，大邦为雠。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chǔn ěr mánjīng, dà bāng wéi chóu. [Pinyin]

     Foolish were the savage tribes of Jing,
     Presuming to oppose our great region.