河漢
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[edit]river | Chinese; name of a dynasty; man | ||
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trad. (河漢) | 河 | 漢 | |
simp. (河汉) | 河 | 汉 |
Etymology
[edit]The figurative sense “empty talk” is from Zhuangzi:
- 肩吾問於連叔曰:「吾聞言於接輿,大而無當,往而不反。吾驚怖其言,猶河漢而無極也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jiānwú wèn yú Liánshū yuē: “Wú wén yán yú Jiēyú, dà ér wú dàng, wǎng ér bù fǎn. Wú jīngbù qí yán, yóu héhàn ér wújí yě.” [Pinyin]
- Jian Wu asked Lian Shu, saying, 'I heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them (in reality); once gone, they could not be brought back. I was frightened by them; they were like the Milky Way which cannot be traced to its beginning or end.'
肩吾问于连叔曰:「吾闻言于接舆,大而无当,往而不反。吾惊怖其言,犹河汉而无极也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ho4 hon3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-hon
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hàn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: héhàn
- Wade–Giles: ho2-han4
- Yale: hé-hàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herhann
- Palladius: хэхань (xɛxanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵ xän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ho4 hon3
- Yale: hòh hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: ho4 hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: ho4 hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔː²¹ hɔːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-hon
- Hakka Romanization System: hoˇ hon
- Hagfa Pinyim: ho2 hon4
- Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ hon⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: ha xanH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.ɡ]ˤaj n̥ˤar-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl hnaːns/
Noun
[edit]河漢
- (literary) the Yellow River and the Han River
- (literary or Taiwanese Hakka) Milky Way
- (literary, figuratively) something wide-ranging and profound
- (literary, figuratively) empty talk
Synonyms
[edit]Verb
[edit]河漢
- (literary, figuratively) to not believe; to ignore (someone's words)
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