望洋

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	ocean; foreign
trad. (望洋)		望	洋
simp. ^#(望洋)		望	洋
alternative forms		望羊望佯望陽／望阳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ joeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngyáng
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-yang²
  - Yale: wàng-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqyang
  - Palladius: ванъян (vanʺjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁶ joeng⁴
  - Yale: mohng yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² jœːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: mjangH yang

Rime
Character	望	洋
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巫放切	與章切
Baxter	mjangH	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋ^H/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋ^H/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋ^H/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋ^H/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/miuaŋ^H/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋ^H/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/miwaŋ^H/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàng	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong⁶	joeng⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*maŋ-s ɢ(r)aŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*maŋs laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	望	洋
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàng	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjang^H ›	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋ-s/	/*ɢ(r)aŋ/
English	look at from a distance	"great expanse of water"
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	望	洋
Reading #	2/2	2/2
No.	12686	14536
Phonetic component	亡	羊
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	妄	陽
Old Chinese	/*maŋs/	/*laŋ/

Adjective

望洋

(literary) looking upwards; looking into the distance

Derived terms

望洋興嘆 / 望洋兴叹 (wàngyángxīngtàn)
望洋驚嘆 / 望洋惊叹