滾滾

See also: 滚滚

Chinese

		to boil; to roll	to boil; to roll
trad. (滾滾)		滾	滾
simp. (滚滚)		滚	滚
alternative forms		混混

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔngǔn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan² gwan²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kún-kún
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kún-kún

(Teochew, Peng'im): gung² gung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔngǔn [Phonetic: gúngǔn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄣˇ ㄍㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔngǔn
  - Wade–Giles: kun³-kun³
  - Yale: gwǔn-gwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goengoen
  - Palladius: гуньгунь (gunʹgunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwan² gwan²
  - Yale: gwán gwán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwan² gwan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guen² guen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn³⁵ kʷɐn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kún-kún
  - Hakka Romanization System: gun^ˋ gun^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gun³ gun³
  - Sinological IPA: /kun³¹ kun³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún-kún
  - Tâi-lô: kún-kún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kwnkuon
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kun⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gung² gung²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kúng kúng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kuŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

滾滾

(literary, ideophonic) rolling along; billowing; churning
- 滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  滚滚长江东逝水，浪花淘尽英雄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 14th Century, Yang Shen, The Immortals by the River, line 1
  Gǔngǔn Cháng Jiāng dōng shì shuǐ, lànghuā táo jìn yīngxióng. [Pinyin]
  Dinning and spinning Changjiang's waters eastward flow; its sprays drowning each and every hero.
(literary, ideophonic, figurative) flowing continuously; rolling in

Derived terms

圓滾滾 / 圆滚滚 (yuángǔngǔn)
滾滾紅塵 / 滚滚红尘
滾滾蹡蹡 / 滚滚𬧀𬧀
熱滾滾 / 热滚滚
粗滾滾 / 粗滚滚
翻滾滾 / 翻滚滚
財源滾滾 / 财源滚滚 (cáiyuángǔngǔn)
黃塵滾滾 / 黄尘滚滚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滾	滾
こん Hyōgai	こん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 滾滾 – see the following entry.

【滾々こんこん】

[adnominal] (of fluids) copiously flowing; actively and continuously flowing

[adnominal] (figurative, by extension) inexhaustible; continuous

[adnominal] jumbled, thoroughly and irretrievably mixed; disordered; in a chaotic state

[adnominal] tumbling, rolling

Alternative spellings
渾々, 渾渾, 混々, 混混, コンコン

(This term, 滾滾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)