潺潺

Chinese

		flow; trickle (of water)	flow; trickle (of water)
simp. and trad. (潺潺)		潺	潺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánchán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan⁴ saan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhân-chhân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánchán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-chʻan²
    • Yale: chán-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charncharn
    • Palladius: чаньчань (čanʹčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan⁴ saan⁴
    • Yale: sàahn sàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan⁴ saan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san⁴ san⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn²¹ saːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhân-chhân
    • Tâi-lô: tshân-tshân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhanzhaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/

Verb

潺潺

1. (onomatopoeia) to babble (of flowing water); to murmur; to gurgle; to purl

   • 簾外雨潺潺，
     春意闌珊，
     羅衾不耐五更寒，
     夢裡不知身是客，
     一晌貪歡。 [MSC, trad.]
     帘外雨潺潺，
     春意阑珊，
     罗衾不耐五更寒，
     梦里不知身是客，
     一晌贪欢。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 10th century, Southern Tang emperor Li Yu, 《浪淘沙·簾外雨潺潺》 (Waves Washing the Sand / Outside the curtain, the rain is babbling)

     Lián wài yǔ chánchán,
     Chūn yì lán shān,
     Luóqīn bù nài wǔ gēng hán,
     Mèng lǐ bù zhī shēn shì kè,
     Yīshǎng tānhuān. [Pinyin]

     Outside the curtain rain babbles,
     Spring is wearing off,
     Silk bedding cannot fend off the fifth-watch chill,
     Lost in dreamland I know not myself as a guest,
     Indulging in pleasure for the moment.

Noun

潺潺

1. appearance of flowing water
2. sound of rain

Derived terms

• 流水潺潺

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
潺	潺
せん Hyōgaiji	せん Hyōgaiji

Adjective

潺(せん)潺(せん) • (sensen) ^†-tari (adnominal 潺(せん)潺(せん)とした (sensen to shita) or 潺(せん)潺(せん)たる (sensen taru), adverbial 潺(せん)潺(せん)と (sensen to) or 潺(せん)潺(せん)として (sensen to shite))

1. murmuring, bubbling (river etc.) (abbr. 潺々)