鏗鏗

See also: 铿铿

Chinese

		jingling of metals; to strike	jingling of metals; to strike
trad. (鏗鏗)		鏗	鏗
simp. (铿铿)		铿	铿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēngkēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ ㄎㄥ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khin-khin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēngkēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kengkeng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻêng¹-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: kēng-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kengkeng
    • Palladius: кэнкэн (kɛnkɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khin-khin
    • Hakka Romanization System: kin kin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kin⁴ kin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰin⁵⁵ kʰin⁵⁵/

Adjective

鏗鏗

1. loud and clear (of sound)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鏗	鏗
こう Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
鏗々

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーこー [kòókóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːko̞ː]

Adjective

鏗(こう)鏗(こう) • (kōkō) ^{←かうかう (kaukau)?†}-tari (adnominal 鏗(こう)鏗(こう)とした (kōkō to shita) or 鏗(こう)鏗(こう)たる (kōkō taru), adverbial 鏗(こう)鏗(こう)と (kōkō to) or 鏗(こう)鏗(こう)として (kōkō to shite))

1. (literary) ringing through (of the sound of bells, etc)

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "鏗鏗たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	鏗鏗たら	こうこうたら	koukoutara
Continuative (連用形)	鏗鏗と[1] 鏗鏗たり[2]	こうこうと こうこうたり	koukouto koukoutari
Terminal (終止形)	鏗鏗たり	こうこうたり	koukoutari
Attributive (連体形)	鏗鏗たる	こうこうたる	koukoutaru
Realis (已然形)	鏗鏗たれ	こうこうたれ	koukoutare
Imperative (命令形)	鏗鏗たれ	こうこうたれ	koukoutare
Key constructions
Negative	鏗鏗たらず	こうこうたらず	koukoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	鏗鏗たれど	こうこうたれど	koukoutaredo
Causal conjunction	鏗鏗たれば	こうこうたれば	koukoutareba
Conditional conjunction	鏗鏗たらば	こうこうたらば	koukoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	鏗鏗たりき	こうこうたりき	koukoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	鏗鏗たりけり	こうこうたりけり	koukoutarikeri
Adverbial	鏗鏗と	こうこうと	koukouto
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.