汪洋

Chinese

		expanse of water; ooze; barking	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (汪洋)		汪	洋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wāngyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong¹ joeng⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ong-iông / ong-iâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹ iang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāngyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wangyáng
  - Wade–Giles: wang¹-yang²
  - Yale: wāng-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uangyang
  - Palladius: ванъян (vanʺjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong¹ joeng⁴
  - Yale: wōng yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong¹ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong¹ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong-iông
  - Tâi-lô: ong-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ong'ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong-iâng
  - Tâi-lô: ong-iâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ong'iaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang¹ iang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang iâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³⁻²³ iaŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'wang yang

Rime
Character	汪	洋
Reading #	1/3	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏光切	與章切
Baxter	'wang	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔwɑŋ/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɑŋ/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɑŋ/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaŋ/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔuɑŋ/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/uɑŋ/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔwɑŋ/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wāng	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong¹	joeng⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷˤaŋ ɢ(r)aŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːŋ laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	汪	洋
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wāng	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwang ›	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷˁaŋ/	/*ɢ(r)aŋ/
English	vast; pool	"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	汪	洋
Reading #	1/3	2/2
No.	12715	14536
Phonetic component	王	羊
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	汪	陽
Old Chinese	/*qʷaːŋ/	/*laŋ/

Adjective

汪洋

(of a body of water) vast; boundless
(figurative) magnanimous; generous

Derived terms

一片汪洋
大度汪洋
汪洋大海 (wāngyángdàhǎi)
汪洋浩博
汪洋自恣
汪洋自肆
汪洋閎肆 / 汪洋闳肆