匆匆

See also: 匆々

Chinese

		hurried; hasty	hurried; hasty
simp. and trad. (匆匆)		匆	匆
alternative forms		怱怱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cōngcōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥ ㄘㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ cung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): cong¹ cong¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshon-tshon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cōngcōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ ㄘㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: congcong
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung¹-tsʻung¹
    • Yale: tsūng-tsūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsongtsong
    • Palladius: цунцун (cuncun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 匆匆 蔥蔥／葱葱 鏦鏦／𫓩𫓩

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung¹ cung¹
    • Yale: chūng chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cong¹ cong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshong tshong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰoŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tshon-tshon
    • MiniDict: tshon^平 tshon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshon-tshon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ²¹/

Adjective

匆匆

1. hasty; hurried; in a hurry; in a rush

   來也匆匆，去也匆匆。 [MSC, trad.]
   来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lái yě cōngcōng, qù yě cōngcōng. [Pinyin]

   Easy come, easy go. (saying)

   來也匆匆，去也沖沖。 [MSC, trad.]
   来也匆匆，去也冲冲。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lái yě cōngcōng, qù yě chōngchōng. [Pinyin]

   Come in a rush, leave in a flush. (common sign in toilets)

Synonyms

• 侷促 (júcù) (dialectal)
• 促忙 (cùmáng) (literary)
• 倉促／仓促 (cāngcù)
• 倉卒／仓卒 (cāngcù)
• 倉忙／仓忙 (cāngmáng) (literary)
• 倉皇／仓皇 (cānghuáng)
• 匆促 (cōngcù)
• 匆忙 (cōngmáng)
• 匆猝 (cōngcù) (literary)
• 急且 (jíqiě) (literary)
• 急促 (jícù)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 急匆匆 (jícōngcōng)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急迫 (jípò)
• 慌促 (huāngcù)
• 慌忙 (huāngmáng)
• 緊狂／紧狂 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 來也匆匆，去也匆匆／来也匆匆，去也匆匆
• 來去匆匆／来去匆匆
• 急匆匆 (jícōngcōng)
• 興匆匆／兴匆匆
• 行色匆匆

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
匆	匆
そう Hyōgaiji	そう Hyōgaiji
kan’on

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

【匆々そうそう】 [noun] brevity; rudeness; hurry [noun] sincerely, yours sincerely, sincerely yours (at the end of a letter) [adjective] brief, rude, hurried, busy Alternative spellings 怱々, 怱怱, 忩々, 忩忩

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