洋洋

See also: 洋々

Chinese

Etymology 1

		ocean; foreign	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (洋洋)		洋	洋
alternative forms		揚揚／扬扬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ joeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông-iông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángyáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-yang²
    • Yale: yáng-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangyang
    • Palladius: янъян (janʺjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-iông
    • Tâi-lô: iông-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iong'ioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/

Adjective

洋洋 (literary, ideophonic)

1. vast; great; impressive
2. overflowing; drifting
3. leisurely
4. self-satisfied; immensely pleased with oneself

Derived terms

• 喜氣洋洋／喜气洋洋 (xǐqìyángyáng)
• 喜洋洋 (xǐyángyáng)
• 得意洋洋 (déyìyángyáng)
• 意氣洋洋／意气洋洋 (yìqìyángyáng)
• 懶洋洋／懒洋洋 (lǎnyángyáng)
• 暖洋洋 (nuǎnyángyáng)
• 洋洋喜氣／洋洋喜气
• 洋洋大觀／洋洋大观 (yángyángdàguān)
• 洋洋得意 (yángyángdéyì)
• 洋洋灑灑／洋洋洒洒 (yángyángsǎsǎ)
• 洋洋纚纚／洋洋𫄥𫄥
• 洋洋自得 (yángyángzìdé)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 洋洋 – see 養養 (“worried; anxious”). (This term is a variant form of 養養).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洋	洋
よう Grade: 3	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 洋洋 – see the following entry.

【洋々ようよう】 [adjective] (literary) broad, vast, boundless, wide

(This term, 洋洋, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
洋	洋

Noun

洋洋 • (yang'yang) (hangeul 양양)

1. Hanja form^? of 양양.