洪荒

Chinese

		flood	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (洪荒)		洪	荒
simp. ^#(洪荒)		洪	荒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hónghuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ fong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hónghuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hónghuang
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-huang¹
  - Yale: húng-hwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hornghuang
  - Palladius: хунхуан (xunxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ fong¹
  - Yale: hùhng fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

洪荒

primeval chaos; primeval times
- 天地玄黃，宇宙洪荒。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  天地玄黄，宇宙洪荒。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhou Xingsi, Thousand Character Classic, circa 6^th century CE
  Tiāndì xuán huáng, yǔzhòu hónghuāng. [Pinyin]
  The Heaven is dark, the earth is golden; the cosmos is vast and diffuse.

Derived terms

洪荒之力 (hónghuāngzhīlì)
洪荒時代 / 洪荒时代