沖

See also: 冲 and 盅

Translingual

Han character

沖 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水中 (EL), four-corner 3510₆, composition ⿰氵中)

1. pour, infuse, steep
2. wash away
3. abbreviation of Okinawa

References

• KangXi: page 611, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17209
• Dae Jaweon: page 1004, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1565, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C96

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Chinese

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trad.		沖
simp.		冲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōng (chong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhûng
• Min Nan (POJ): chhèng / chhiâng / chhiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ung¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹
    • Yale: chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng / chhiâng / chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshìng / tshiâng / tshiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰɪŋ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²³/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰɪŋ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹³/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³⁴/

Verb

沖

1. to pour water on; to rinse; to flush; to wash

   • 我觉得我得回家冲个澡。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒ juédé wǒ děi huíjiā chōng gè zǎo. [Pinyin]

     I think I'll go home and have a shower.

   • 許多房屋被洪水沖走了。 [MSC, trad.]

     许多房屋被洪水冲走了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Xǔduō fángwū bèi hóngshuǐ chōng zǒu le. [Pinyin]

     A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.

   • 他用水冲了把脸，然后刷牙。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Tā yòng shuǐ chōng le bǎ liǎn, ránhòu shuāyá. [Pinyin]

     He splashed water on his face, then brushed his teeth.

2. to infuse; to make drinks
   • 冲茶  ―  chōng chá  ―  to make tea
   • 冲咖啡  ―  chōng kāfēi  ―  to make coffee

   • 给你的咖啡，按你的口味冲的。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Jǐ nǐ de kāfēi, àn nǐ de kǒuwèi chōng de. [Pinyin]

     Here's your coffee, just the way you like it.

3. to soar; to rise; to shoot up
4. (of water) to dash against; to collide with
5. to develop (a film)
   • 冲胶卷  ―  chōng jiāojuǎn  ―  to develop a film

Compounds

Derived terms

沖沖／冲冲 沖淡／冲淡 沖服／冲服 沖積／冲积 沖劑／冲剂 沖涼／冲凉 沖刷／冲刷 沖塌／冲塌 沖天／冲天 沖洗／冲洗

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Japanese

Kanji

沖

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: おき (oki; offing), わく (waku)

Proper noun

沖 (hiragana おき, romaji Oki)

1. A surname​.

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Korean

Hanja

沖 (chung) (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沖 (trùng, xung)

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Readings

• Nôm: trong , trùng, xung

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville