朦朧

See also: 矇矓 and 朦胧

Chinese

		deceive; indistinct	rising moon
trad. (朦朧)		朦	朧
simp. (朦胧)		朦	胧
alternative forms		⿱𫇦一龙 (second-round simplified)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴ lung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bông-lông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménglóng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-lung²
    • Yale: méng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menglong
    • Palladius: мэнлун (mɛnlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-lông
    • Tâi-lô: bông-lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongloong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² lɔŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng luwng

Rime
Character	朦	朧
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	盧紅切
Baxter	muwng	luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/luŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	lung4

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 朦朧

1. (of moonlight) dim; hazy
2. indistinct; fuzzy; blurred
3. confused; muddled

Synonyms

• (dim): (literary) 曚曨／曚昽 (ménglóng)
• (indistinct):

(deprecated template usage)

• 不清 (bùqīng)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 依稀 (yīxī)
• 含混 (hánhùn)
• 含糊
• 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal)
• 恍惚 (huǎnghū)
• 模稜／模棱 (móléng)
• 模糊
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
• 迷離／迷离 (mílí) (literary)
• 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)
• 隱隱／隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)

 

• (confused): 糊塗／糊涂 (hútu), 迷糊 (míhu), 迷濛／迷蒙 (míméng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
朦	朧
もう Hyōgaiji	ろう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Adjective

朦(もう)朧(ろう) • (mōrō) ^†-tari (adnominal 朦(もう)朧(ろう)とした (mōrō to shita) or 朦(もう)朧(ろう)たる (mōrō taru), adverbial 朦(もう)朧(ろう)と (mōrō to) or 朦(もう)朧(ろう)として (mōrō to shite))

1. faint, dim, obscure (not clearly visible)
2. vague (not clearly expressed)
3. hazy (in an impaired mental state)

Derived terms

• 朦朧体(もうろうたい) (mōrōtai)