滄浪

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Chinese

blue; green (colour of water); cold
blue; green (colour of water); cold; vast (of water)
 
wave; breaker; unrestrained
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
 
trad. (滄浪)
simp. (沧浪)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (14) (37)
Final () (101) (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tshang lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰaŋ/ /laŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cāng láng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cong1 long4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 1127 8016
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰaːŋ/ /*raːŋ/

Proper noun

滄浪

  1. (literary, historical) Name of an ancient river, variously identified as: the Han River, a tributary of the Han River, the lower reaches of the Han River, and the Xia River.

Noun

滄浪

  1. (literary, of water) dark blue
  2. (literary) dark blue water

Derived terms