浩浩湯湯
Chinese
| vast, expansive, boundless; vast; extensive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (浩浩湯湯) | 浩浩 | 湯湯 | |
| simp. (浩浩汤汤) | 浩浩 | 汤汤 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hàohàoshāngshāng
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄤ ㄕㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hàohàoshangshang
- Wade–Giles: hao4-hao4-shang1-shang1
- Yale: hàu-hàu-shāng-shāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawhawshangshang
- Palladius: хаохаошаншан (xaoxaošanšan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hou6 hou6 soeng1 soeng1
- Yale: houh houh sēung sēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou6 hou6 soeng1 soeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: hou6 hou6 sêng1 sêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯²² hou̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
浩浩湯湯
- synonym of 浩浩蕩蕩 / 浩浩荡荡 (hàohàodàngdàng, “torrential”)
- 銜遠山，吞長江，浩浩湯湯，橫無際涯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 《岳陽樓記》
- Xián yuǎn shān, tūn Chángjiāng, hàohàoshāngshāng, héng wú jìyá. [Pinyin]
- [The Lake is] connected to distant mountains and it devours water from Yangtze River. In dimension, it is vast and boundless.
衔远山，吞长江，浩浩汤汤，横无际涯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]