淳淳
Chinese
| genuine; pure; honest | genuine; pure; honest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (淳淳) |
淳 | 淳 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chúnchún
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chúnchún
- Wade–Giles: chʻun2-chʻun2
- Yale: chwún-chwún
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwenchwen
- Palladius: чуньчунь (čunʹčunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
淳淳
- simple and honest.
- 其政悶悶，其民淳淳。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Tao Te Ching, 4th century BCE
- Qí zhèng mēnmēn, qí mín chúnchún. [Pinyin]
- The government that seems the most unwise, Oft goodness to the people best supplies; (J. Legge)
其政闷闷，其民淳淳。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- flow, change.
- 時有終始，世有變化，禍福淳淳 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- shí yǒu zhōng shǐ, shì yǒu biànhuà, huò fú chúnchún [Pinyin]
- Each season has its ending and beginning; each age has its changes and transformations; misery and happiness regularly alternate. (J. Legge)
时有终始，世有变化，祸福淳淳 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]