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Chinese
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expanse of water; ooze; barking
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ocean; foreign
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simp. and trad.
(汪洋)
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汪
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洋
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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汪
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洋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wāng
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yáng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔwang ›
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‹ yang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷˁaŋ/
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/*ɢ(r)aŋ/
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| English
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vast; pool
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"great expanse of water"
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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汪
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洋
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/2
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| No.
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12715
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14536
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Phonetic
component
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王
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羊
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Rime
group
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陽
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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汪
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陽
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʷaːŋ/
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/*laŋ/
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Adjective
汪洋
- (of a body of water) vast; boundless
- (figurative) magnanimous; generous
Derived terms