滄浪

Chinese

		blue; green (colour of water); cold blue; green (colour of water); cold; vast (of water)	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (滄浪)		滄	浪
simp. (沧浪)		沧	浪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Cāngláng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ long⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Cāngláng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄌㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cangláng
  - Wade–Giles: Tsʻang¹-lang²
  - Yale: Tsāng-láng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsanglang
  - Palladius: Цанлан (Canlan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ long⁴
  - Yale: chōng lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: tshang lang

Rime
Character	滄	浪
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	魯當切
Baxter	tshang	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong¹	long⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滄	浪
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	1127	8016
Phonetic component	倉	良
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉	郎
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*raːŋ/

Proper noun

滄浪

(literary, historical) Name of an ancient river, variously identified as: the Han River, a tributary of the Han River, the lower reaches of the Han River, and the Xia River.

Noun

滄浪

(literary, of water) dark blue
(literary) dark blue water

Derived terms

滄浪亭 / 沧浪亭
滄浪叟 / 沧浪叟
滄浪君 / 沧浪君
滄浪天 / 沧浪天
滄浪子 / 沧浪子
滄浪客 / 沧浪客
滄浪洲 / 沧浪洲
滄浪老人 / 沧浪老人
濯纓滄浪 / 濯缨沧浪
濯足滄浪 / 濯足沧浪