蒼蒼
See also: 蒼々
Chinese
dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green |
dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蒼蒼) | 蒼 | 蒼 | |
| simp. (苍苍) | 苍 | 苍 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cāngcāng
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cangcang
- Wade–Giles: tsʻang1-tsʻang1
- Yale: tsāng-tsāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangtsang
- Palladius: цанцан (cancan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cong1 cong1
- Yale: chōng chōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsong1 tsong1
- Guangdong Romanization: cong1 cong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
蒼蒼
- (literary, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
- (literary, of hair) ash white
- (literary, of sky or mountains) vast and hazy
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蒼 | 蒼 |
| そう Jinmeiyō |
そう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 蒼々 |
Pronunciation
Adjective
蒼蒼 • (sōsō) ←さうさう (sausau)?†-tari (adnominal 蒼蒼とした (sōsō to shita) or 蒼蒼たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 蒼蒼と (sōsō to) or 蒼蒼として (sōsō to shite))
- (archaic, of sky or ocean) blue
- (archaic, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
- (archaic) dim, gloomy
- Synonym: 薄暗い (usugurai)
Inflection
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 蒼蒼たら | そうそうたら | sousoutara |
| Continuative (連用形) | 蒼蒼と[1] 蒼蒼たり[2] |
そうそうと そうそうたり |
sousouto sousoutari |
| Terminal (終止形) | 蒼蒼たり | そうそうたり | sousoutari |
| Attributive (連体形) | 蒼蒼たる | そうそうたる | sousoutaru |
| Realis (已然形) | 蒼蒼たれ | そうそうたれ | sousoutare |
| Imperative (命令形) | 蒼蒼たれ | そうそうたれ | sousoutare |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 蒼蒼たらず | そうそうたらず | sousoutarazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 蒼蒼たれど | そうそうたれど | sousoutaredo |
| Causal conjunction | 蒼蒼たれば | そうそうたれば | sousoutareba |
| Conditional conjunction | 蒼蒼たらば | そうそうたらば | sousoutaraba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 蒼蒼たりき | そうそうたりき | sousoutariki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 蒼蒼たりけり | そうそうたりけり | sousoutarikeri |
| Adverbial | 蒼蒼と | そうそうと | sousouto |
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “▲蒼▲蒼”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蒼 | 蒼 |
Noun
蒼蒼 • (changchang) (hangeul 창창)
- hanja form? of 창창