蜿蜒

Chinese

		to move (as snake)
trad. (蜿蜒)		蜿	蜒
simp. #(蜿蜒)		蜿	蜒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wānyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ jin⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oan-iân / oán-iân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang² iang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wānyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wanyán
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹-yen²
    • Yale: wān-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanyan
    • Palladius: ваньянь (vanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: yūn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-iân
    • Tâi-lô: uan-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oan'ieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ iɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-iân
    • Tâi-lô: uán-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafn'ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang² iang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáng iăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ iaŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jwon yen

Rime
Character	蜿	蜒
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於袁切	以然切
Baxter	'jwon	yen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉɐn/	/jiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷiɐn/	/jiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuɐn/	/jæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuan/	/jian/
Li Rong	/ʔiuɐn/	/iɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭwɐn/	/jĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯wɐn/	/i̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuān	yán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun1	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qon  lan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜿	蜒
Reading #	2/3	1/1
No.	16285	14258
Phonetic component	夗	延
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	鴛	延
Old Chinese	/*qon/	/*lan/

Verb

蜿蜒

1. to wriggle
2. to wind; to zigzag; to meander

Synonyms

• (to wriggle): 宛延 (wǎnyán)
• (to wind): 宛延 (wǎnyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜿蜒):

• → Japanese: 蜿蜒(えんえん) (en'en)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜿	蜒
えん Hyōgaiji	えん Hyōgaiji
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
宛延 婉延

Etymology

/weɴeɴ/ → /eɴeɴ/

From Middle Chinese 蜿蜒 (MC 'jwon yen, literally “wriggle, wind + stretch for a long distance”). Compare modern Mandarin reading wānyán.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんえん [èń'éń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃ẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

蜿(えん)蜒(えん) • (en'en) ^{←ゑんえん (wen'en)?†}-tari (adnominal 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)とした (en'en to shita) or 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)たる (en'en taru), adverbial 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)と (en'en to) or 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)として (en'en to shite))

1. meandering, winding
   • 1905: 韓國誌 (Kankoku-shi, “Korea Chronicle”), 農商務省 (Nōshōmushō, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce) (in Japanese), Tōkyō (text here):

     …此(この)村(むら)ヨリ河(かわ)ノ谷(たに)ハ五(ご)里(り)二(に)十(じゅう)町(ちょう)ノ間(あいだ)蜿(えん)蜒(えん)タル峽(きょう)地(ち)ヲ形(かたち)ツクリ…

     …kono mura yori kawa no tani wa go ri nijū chō no aida en'en taru kyōchi o katachi tsukuri…

     ...from this village, the river valley takes the form of a meandering gorge for a distance of five li and twenty chō [approx. 22km]...

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蜿蜒たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	蜿蜒たら	ゑんえんたら	wen'entara
Continuative (連用形)	蜿蜒と[1] 蜿蜒たり[2]	ゑんえんと ゑんえんたり	wen'ento wen'entari
Terminal (終止形)	蜿蜒たり	ゑんえんたり	wen'entari
Attributive (連体形)	蜿蜒たる	ゑんえんたる	wen'entaru
Realis (已然形)	蜿蜒たれ	ゑんえんたれ	wen'entare
Imperative (命令形)	蜿蜒たれ	ゑんえんたれ	wen'entare
Key constructions
Negative	蜿蜒たらず	ゑんえんたらず	wen'entarazu
Contrasting conjunction	蜿蜒たれど	ゑんえんたれど	wen'entaredo
Causal conjunction	蜿蜒たれば	ゑんえんたれば	wen'entareba
Conditional conjunction	蜿蜒たらば	ゑんえんたらば	wen'entaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	蜿蜒たりき	ゑんえんたりき	wen'entariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	蜿蜒たりけり	ゑんえんたりけり	wen'entarikeri
Adverbial	蜿蜒と	ゑんえんと	wen'ento
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Korean

Hanja in this term
蜿	蜒

Noun

蜿蜒 • (wanyeon) (hangeul 완연)

1. Hanja form^? of 완연.