惘惘

Chinese

		desolate	desolate
trad. (惘惘)		惘	惘
simp. ^#(惘惘)		惘	惘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngwǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngwǎng [Phonetic: wángwǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngwǎng
  - Wade–Giles: wang³-wang³
  - Yale: wǎng-wǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangwoang
  - Palladius: ванван (vanvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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Middle Chinese: mjangX mjangX

Rime
Character	惘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文兩切
Baxter	mjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/miuaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miwaŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*maŋʔ maŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ maŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	惘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/
English	dejected
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	惘
Reading #	1/1
No.	12679
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	网
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/

Adjective

惘惘

disappointed; disconcerted; dejected