童蒙

Chinese

	boy; child; children	Mongolia; cover
trad. (童蒙)	童	蒙
simp. ^#(童蒙)	童	蒙
alternative forms	瞳矇／瞳蒙僮矇／僮蒙
anagram	蒙童

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngméng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ mung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-bông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngméng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngméng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-mêng²
  - Yale: túng-méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngmeng
  - Palladius: тунмэн (tunmɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    同盟
    朣朦
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ mung⁴
  - Yale: tùhng mùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ mung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ mung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-bông
  - Tâi-lô: tông-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongboong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: duwng muwng

Rime
Character	童	蒙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒紅切	莫紅切
Baxter	duwng	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/muŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung⁴	mung⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤoŋ mˤoŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ moːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	童	蒙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóng	méng
Middle Chinese	‹ duwng ›	‹ muwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁoŋ/	/*mˁoŋ/
English	boy	cover (v.)
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	童	蒙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17439	8969
Phonetic component	重	冡
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	同	蒙
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/	/*moːŋ/
Notes	說文重省聲

Adjective

童蒙

(literary) young and ignorant; ignorant and uneducated

Noun

童蒙

(literary) young and ignorant child; innocent and uneducated child
(literary) childhood

Derived terms

三尺童蒙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
童	蒙
どう Grade: 3	もう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 童蒙 (duwng muwng)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーもー [dòómóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːmo̞ː]

Adjective

童(どう)蒙(もう) • (dōmō) -na (adnominal 童(どう)蒙(もう)な (dōmō na), adverbial 童(どう)蒙(もう)に (dōmō ni))

(literary) young and ignorant; ignorant and uneducated

Inflection

Inflection of 童蒙
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	童蒙だろ	どうもうだろ	dōmō daro
Continuative (連用形)	童蒙で	どうもうで	dōmō de
Terminal (終止形)	童蒙だ	どうもうだ	dōmō da
Attributive (連体形)	童蒙な	どうもうな	dōmō na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	童蒙なら	どうもうなら	dōmō nara
Imperative (命令形)	童蒙であれ	どうもうであれ	dōmō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	童蒙ではない童蒙じゃない	どうもうではないどうもうじゃない	dōmō de wa nai dōmō ja nai
Informal past	童蒙だった	どうもうだった	dōmō datta
Informal negative past	童蒙ではなかった童蒙じゃなかった	どうもうではなかったどうもうじゃなかった	dōmō de wa nakatta dōmō ja nakatta
Formal	童蒙です	どうもうです	dōmō desu
Formal negative	童蒙ではありません童蒙じゃありません	どうもうではありませんどうもうじゃありません	dōmō de wa arimasen dōmō ja arimasen
Formal past	童蒙でした	どうもうでした	dōmō deshita
Formal negative past	童蒙ではありませんでした童蒙じゃありませんでした	どうもうではありませんでしたどうもうじゃありませんでした	dōmō de wa arimasen deshita dōmō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	童蒙で	どうもうで	dōmō de
Conditional	童蒙なら（ば）	どうもうなら（ば）	dōmō nara (ba)
Provisional	童蒙だったら	どうもうだったら	dōmō dattara
Volitional	童蒙だろう	どうもうだろう	dōmō darō
Adverbial	童蒙に	どうもうに	dōmō ni
Degree	童蒙さ	どうもうさ	dōmōsa

Noun

童(どう)蒙(もう) • (dōmō)

(literary) young and ignorant child; innocent and uneducated child

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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