洋洋

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

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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/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 洋洋 (literary, ideophonic)

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

Etymology 2

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

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Japanese

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

Adjective

洋(よう)洋(よう) • (yōyō) ^†-tari (adnominal 洋(よう)洋(よう)とした (yōyō to shita) or 洋(よう)洋(よう)たる (yōyō taru), adverbial 洋(よう)洋(よう)と (yōyō to) or 洋(よう)洋(よう)として (yōyō to shite))

1. Alternative form of 洋々