倉皇

Chinese

		barn; granary; storehouse barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)	emperor; surname
trad. (倉皇)		倉	皇
simp. (仓皇)		仓	皇
alternative forms		倉黃／仓黄 倉惶／仓惶 蒼黃／苍黄

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānghuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-hông / chhong-pōng / chhiong-pōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānghuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canghuáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-huang²
    • Yale: tsāng-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanghwang
    • Palladius: цанхуан (canxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 倉惶／仓惶 倉皇／仓皇 蒼黃／苍黄

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cong¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: chōng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 倉皇／仓皇 蒼黃／苍黄

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-hông
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhonghoong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-pōng
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-pōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhongpong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong-pōng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong-pōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiongpong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshang hwang

Rime
Character	倉	皇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	胡光切
Baxter	tshang	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.r̥]ˤaŋ|tsʰˤaŋ  [ɢ]ʷˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ  ɡʷaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	倉	倉	皇	皇
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāng	cāng	huáng	huáng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshang ›	‹ tshang ›	‹ hwang ›	‹ hwang ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.r̥]ˁaŋ/	/*tsʰˁaŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/
English	tshang-kæng "oriole"	granary	yellow and white spotted	sovereign
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	倉	皇
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1125	12696
Phonetic component	倉	王
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉	黃
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes		禮王制鄭注冕屬， 金文象羽冠，王聲；或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文

Adjective

倉皇

1. in a panic; flurried; scared and hasty

Synonyms

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• 侷促 (júcù) (dialectal)
• 促忙 (cùmáng) (literary)
• 倉促／仓促 (cāngcù)
• 倉卒／仓卒 (cāngcù)
• 倉忙／仓忙 (cāngmáng) (literary)
• 匆促 (cōngcù)
• 匆匆 (cōngcōng)
• 匆忙 (cōngmáng)
• 匆猝 (cōngcù) (literary)
• 急且 (jíqiě) (literary)
• 急促 (jícù)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 急匆匆 (jícōngcōng)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急迫 (jípò)
• 慌促 (huāngcù)
• 慌忙 (huāngmáng)
• 緊狂／紧狂 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 倉倉皇皇／仓仓皇皇
• 倉皇失措／仓皇失措
• 倉皇無措／仓皇无措

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倉	皇
そう Grade: 4	こう Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
蒼惶

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーこー [sòókóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːko̞ː]

Adjective

倉(そう)皇(こう) • (sōkō) ^{←さうくわう (saukwau)?†}-tari (adnominal 倉(そう)皇(こう)とした (sōkō to shita) or 倉(そう)皇(こう)たる (sōkō taru), adverbial 倉(そう)皇(こう)と (sōkō to) or 倉(そう)皇(こう)として (sōkō to shite))

1. in a panic

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "倉皇たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	倉皇たら	そうこうたら	soukoutara
Continuative (連用形)	倉皇と[1] 倉皇たり[2]	そうこうと そうこうたり	soukouto soukoutari
Terminal (終止形)	倉皇たり	そうこうたり	soukoutari
Attributive (連体形)	倉皇たる	そうこうたる	soukoutaru
Realis (已然形)	倉皇たれ	そうこうたれ	soukoutare
Imperative (命令形)	倉皇たれ	そうこうたれ	soukoutare
Key constructions
Negative	倉皇たらず	そうこうたらず	soukoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	倉皇たれど	そうこうたれど	soukoutaredo
Causal conjunction	倉皇たれば	そうこうたれば	soukoutareba
Conditional conjunction	倉皇たらば	そうこうたらば	soukoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	倉皇たりき	そうこうたりき	soukoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	倉皇たりけり	そうこうたりけり	soukoutarikeri
Adverbial	倉皇と	そうこうと	soukouto
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

• 倉(そう)卒(そつ) (sōsotsu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
倉	皇

Noun

倉皇 • (changhwang) (hangeul 창황)

1. hanja form^? of 창황