浩浩湯湯

Chinese

		vast, expansive, boundless; vast; extensive	grand; grandiose; torrential grand; grandiose; torrential; turbulent
trad. (浩浩湯湯)		浩浩	湯湯
simp. (浩浩汤汤)		浩浩	汤汤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàohàoshāngshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄕㄤ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ hou⁶ soeng¹ soeng¹

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• 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/
• 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/

Adjective

浩浩湯湯

1. 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.]
     衔远山，吞长江，浩浩汤汤，横无际涯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.