蒼涼

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	cool; cold
trad. (蒼涼)		蒼	涼
simp. (苍凉)		苍	凉
alternative forms		蒼凉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ loeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-liông / chhong-liâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangliáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-liang²
    • Yale: tsāng-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangliang
    • Palladius: цанлян (canljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ loeng⁴
    • Yale: chōng lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-liông
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhonglioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongliaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liaŋ¹³/

Adjective

蒼涼

1. desolate; bleak
2. tragic; miserable

Synonyms

• (desolate):

• 冷僻 (lěngpì)
• 冷清 (lěngqīng)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 冷落 (lěngluò)
• 清冷 (qīnglěng)
• 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 荒涼／荒凉 (huāngliáng)
• 落寞 (luòmò)
• 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)
• 青凊 (Min Nan)

 

• (tragic):

• 京京 (jīngjīng) (literary)
• 傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn)
• 傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi) (literary)
• 傷感／伤感 (shānggǎn)
• 傷懷／伤怀 (shānghuái) (literary)
• 傷痛／伤痛 (shāngtòng)
• 傷神／伤神 (shāngshén) (literary)
• 刺心 (cìxīn)
• 哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng)
• 哀切 (āiqiè)
• 哀怨 (āiyuàn)
• 哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
• 哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)
• 哀戚 (āiqī) (literary)
• 哀痛 (āitòng)
• 心酸 (xīnsuān)
• 怛傷／怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
• 悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
• 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
• 悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
• 情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
• 悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
• 悲哀 (bēi'āi)
• 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
• 悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
• 悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
• 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
• 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
• 悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)
• 悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
• 悲戚 (bēiqī)
• 悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
• 悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary)
• 悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary)
• 悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
• 悲痛 (bēitòng)
• 悲苦 (bēikǔ)
• 感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng)
• 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
• 愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary)
• 惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary)
• 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn)
• 憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng)
• 慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
• 憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu)
• 憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn)
• 懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu)
• 沉痛 (chéntòng)
• 淒切／凄切 (qīqiè)
• 淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè) (literary)
• 淒慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn)
• 淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
• 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 淒然／凄然 (qīrán) (literary)
• 痛心 (tòngxīn)
• 艱苦心／艰苦心 (Hokkien)
• 酸心 (suānxīn)
• 難受／难受 (nánshòu)
• 難過／难过 (nánguò)
• 青凊 (Hokkien)
• 黯然 (ànrán)