衝衝

Chinese

		of great force; towards; dash against	of great force; towards; dash against
trad. (衝衝)		衝	衝
simp. (冲冲*)		冲	冲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōngchōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ cung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōngchōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chongchong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung¹-chʻung¹
    • Yale: chūng-chūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongchong
    • Palladius: чунчун (čunčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 忡忡 憧憧 衝衝／冲冲

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ cung¹
    • Yale: chūng chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhowng tsyhowng

Rime
Character	衝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺容切
Baxter	tsyhowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰoŋ  tʰoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjoŋ  tʰjoŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhowng ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰoŋ/
English	rush against
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	衝
Reading #	1/1
No.	17478
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𧘂
Old Chinese	/*tʰjoŋ/
Notes	說文中從童通作此

Adjective

衝衝

1. (literary, ideophonic) unsettled; anxious; flustered; not calm
2. (literary, ideophonic) walking; travelling back and forth; non-stop
3. (literary, ideophonic) dense; numerous

Derived terms

• 怒氣衝衝／怒气冲冲
• 楞衝衝／楞冲冲
• 跌跌衝衝／跌跌冲冲