彷徉

Chinese

simp. and trad. (彷徉)		彷	徉
alternative forms		仿佯 方羊 彷佯 仿洋 方洋 仿佯 方羊 彷佯 仿洋 方洋 彷洋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pángyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴ joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pángyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pángyáng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²-yang²
    • Yale: páng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parngyang
    • Palladius: панъян (panʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: pòhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bang yang

Rime
Character	彷	徉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	步光切	與章切
Baxter	bang	yang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑŋ/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑŋ/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑŋ/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baŋ/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/bɑŋ/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/bɑŋ/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong4	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ  laŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彷	徉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3000	14538
Phonetic component	方	羊
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍	陽
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/	/*laŋ/
Notes	見莊子

Verb

彷徉

1. (literary) to wander around; to roam about
2. (literary) to be hesitant; to be unsettled