蓬蓬

Chinese

		(grass); disheveled	(grass); disheveled
trad. (蓬蓬)		蓬	蓬
simp. #(蓬蓬)		蓬	蓬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péngpéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˊ ㄆㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pung⁴ pung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péngpéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˊ ㄆㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péngpéng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng²-pʻêng²
    • Yale: péng-péng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: perngperng
    • Palladius: пэнпэн (pɛnpɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pung⁴ pung⁴
    • Yale: pùhng pùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pung⁴ pung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pung⁴ pung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ²¹ pʰʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: buwng buwng

Rime
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄紅切
Baxter	buwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/buŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/buŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəwŋ/
Li Rong	/buŋ/
Wang Li	/buŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːŋ  boːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3216
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蓬
Old Chinese	/*boːŋ/

Adjective

蓬蓬

1. luxuriant; abundant; exuberant

   • 維柞之枝，其葉蓬蓬。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     维柞之枝，其叶蓬蓬。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wéi zhà zhī zhī, qí yè péngpéng. [Pinyin]

     On the branches of the oaks,
     How abundant are the leaves!

2. (of hair or beard) dense and unkempt
3. (onomatopoeia) sound of wind

Derived terms

• 亂蓬蓬／乱蓬蓬