猖獗

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Chinese

mad; wild unruly; rude
simp. and trad.
(猖獗)
alternative forms 猖蹶

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (24)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng1

Adjective

猖獗

  1. rampant; running wild; unchecked; unrestrained

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Verb

猖獗

  1. (literary) to collapse; to fall

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

猖獗 (changgwol) (hangeul 창궐)

  1. hanja form? of 창궐 (rampant spreading)