荒唐

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Chinese

wilderness; wild wide; exaggerated; boastful
trad. (荒唐) 荒 唐
simp. #(荒唐) 荒 唐

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 荒 唐
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 唐 (102) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 呼光切 徒郎切
Baxter xwang dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hwɑŋ/ /dɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷɑŋ/ /dɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuɑŋ/ /dɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwaŋ/ /daŋ/
Li
Rong 		/xuɑŋ/ /dɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/xuɑŋ/ /dɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/xwɑŋ/ /dʱɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huāng táng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fong1 tong4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 荒 唐
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huāng táng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xwang › ‹ dang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m̥ˁaŋ/ /*rˁaŋ/
English wasteland; uncultivated land exaggerate; great

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 荒 唐
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 12649 3959
Phonetic
component 		亡 庚
Rime
group 		陽 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		荒 唐
Old
Chinese 		/*hmaːŋ/ /*ɡl'aːŋ/

Adjective

荒唐

  1. absurd; ridiculous; preposterous
  2. dissipated; loose; unrestrained; indulgent
  3. (obsolete) fantastical; imaginary; fanciful
  4. (obsolete) vast; boundless

Synonyms

  • (absurd):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒 唐
こう
Grade: S 		とう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

荒(こう)唐(とう) • (kōtō) 

  1. absurdity

Adjective

荒(こう)唐(とう) • (kōtō) -na (adnominal 荒(こう)唐(とう)な (kōtō na), adverbial 荒(こう)唐(とう)に (kōtō ni))

  1. absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical

Inflection

Inflection of 荒唐
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 荒唐だろ こうとうだろ kōtō daro
Continuative (連用形) 荒唐で こうとうで kōtō de
Terminal (終止形) 荒唐だ こうとうだ kōtō da
Attributive (連体形) 荒唐な こうとうな kōtō na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 荒唐なら こうとうなら kōtō nara
Imperative (命令形) 荒唐であれ こうとうであれ kōtō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 荒唐ではない
荒唐じゃない 		こうとうではない
こうとうじゃない 		kōtō de wa nai
kōtō ja nai
Informal past 荒唐だった こうとうだった kōtō datta
Informal negative past 荒唐ではなかった
荒唐じゃなかった 		こうとうではなかった
こうとうじゃなかった 		kōtō de wa nakatta
kōtō ja nakatta
Formal 荒唐です こうとうです kōtō desu
Formal negative 荒唐ではありません
荒唐じゃありません 		こうとうではありません
こうとうじゃありません 		kōtō de wa arimasen
kōtō ja arimasen
Formal past 荒唐でした こうとうでした kōtō deshita
Formal negative past 荒唐ではありませんでした
荒唐じゃありませんでした 		こうとうではありませんでした
こうとうじゃありませんでした 		kōtō de wa arimasen deshita
kōtō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 荒唐で こうとうで kōtō de
Conditional 荒唐なら（ば） こうとうなら（ば） kōtō nara (ba)
Provisional 荒唐だったら こうとうだったら kōtō dattara
Volitional 荒唐だろう こうとうだろう kōtō darō
Adverbial 荒唐に こうとうに kōtō ni
Degree 荒唐さ こうとうさ kōtōsa

Korean

Hanja in this term
荒唐

Noun

荒唐 • (hwangdang) (hangeul 황당)

  1. hanja form? of 황당 (“absurdity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
荒唐

Adjective

荒唐

  1. chữ Hán form of hoang đường (“ridiculous, sounding made-up, almost certainly delusional or fictitious; bogus, false, nonsensical, preposterous”).
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