盛壯

Chinese

		flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname	to strengthen; strong; robust
trad. (盛壯)		盛	壯
simp. (盛壮)		盛	壮
anagram		壯盛／壮盛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngzhuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngzhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngjhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-chuang⁴
    • Yale: shèng-jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqjuanq
    • Palladius: шэнчжуан (šɛnčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyengH tsrjangH

Rime
Character	盛	壯
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	承正切	側亮切
Baxter	dzyengH	tsrjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋH/	/t͡ʃɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋH/	/ʈ͡ʂiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋH/	/t͡ʃiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋH/	/ʈ͡ʂɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋH/	/t͡ʃiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋH/	/t͡ʃĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋH/	/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shèng	zhuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing6	zong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ-s  [ts]<r>aŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋs  ʔsraŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盛	壯
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shèng	zhuàng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyengH ›	‹ tsrjangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ-s/	/*[ts]<r>aŋ-s/
English	full, abundant	robust
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盛	壯
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	1425	10307
Phonetic component	成	爿
Rime group	耕	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	盛	壯
Old Chinese	/*djeŋs/	/*ʔsraŋs/

Adjective

盛壯

1. (literary) vigorous and strong

   • 臣聞騏驥盛壯之時，一日而馳千里。至其衰也，駑馬先之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣闻骐骥盛壮之时，一日而驰千里。至其衰也，驽马先之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Chén wén qíjì shèngzhuàng zhī shí, yī rì ér chí qiānlǐ. Zhì qí shuāi yě, númǎ xiān zhī. [Pinyin]

     Your servant has heard that when the qiji horse is in the prime of its life, it can run a thousand leagues in a single day. But when it grows weak, a sluggish horse comes before it.

   • 翻思盛壯心頭火，四十年前十五郞。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《金僚長卜姓詩以戱嘲》, circa 1800

     번사성장심두화^(하니) 사십년전^(에) 십오랑^(이라)
     Beonsa seongjang simdu hwa[-hani], sasim nyeon jeon[-e] sibo rang[-ira]. [Sino-Korean]

     When I think again of my vigorous [days], my heart is on fire; I was a youth of fifteen, forty years ago.