沖沖

Chinese

		strong; powerful; forceful strong; powerful; forceful; dynamic; to punch; to rinse; to collide; to water; to rush; to dash (against); to wash out; to charge; highway; public road	strong; powerful; forceful strong; powerful; forceful; dynamic; to punch; to rinse; to collide; to water; to rush; to dash (against); to wash out; to charge; highway; public road
trad. (沖沖/冲冲^*)		沖/冲	沖/冲
simp. (冲冲^*)		冲	冲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chōngchōng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ cung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chōngchōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chongchong
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung¹-chʻung¹
  - Yale: chūng-chūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongchong
  - Palladius: чунчун (čunčun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    忡忡
    憧憧
    衝衝 / 冲冲
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung¹ cung¹
  - Yale: chūng chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: drjuwng drjuwng

Rime
Character	沖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直弓切
Baxter	drjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȡiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung⁴

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

(Zhengzhang): /*duŋ duŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	沖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chōng
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ruŋ/
English	sound of cutting ice
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	沖
Reading #	1/1
No.	17416
Phonetic component	中
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟲
Old Chinese	/*duŋ/

Adjective

沖沖

(ideophonic) excited; in high spirits; (of emotions) running high
(literary, ideophonic) hanging; drooping
(literary, ideophonic) alternative form of 忡忡 (chōngchōng)

Synonyms

(excited):

抖擻 / 抖擞 (dǒusǒu) (literary)
振作 (zhènzuò)
振奮 / 振奋 (zhènfèn)
興沖沖 / 兴冲冲 (xìngchōngchōng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “excited”):

不振 (bùzhèn)

Derived terms

喜沖沖 / 喜冲冲
怒氣沖沖 / 怒气冲冲
急沖沖 / 急冲冲
怒沖沖 / 怒冲冲
氣沖沖 / 气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
火沖沖 / 火冲冲
興沖沖 / 兴冲冲 (xìngchōngchōng)

Noun

沖沖

(literary, onomatopoeia) sound of chiseling ice