蜿蜒

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Chinese

to move (as snake)
trad. (蜿蜒) 蜿 蜒
simp. #(蜿蜒) 蜿 蜒

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜿 蜒
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於袁切 以然切
Baxter 'jwon yen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʉɐn/ /jiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷiɐn/ /jiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuɐn/ /jæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔuan/ /jian/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuɐn/ /iɛn/
Wang
Li 		/ĭwɐn/ /jĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯wɐn/ /i̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yuān yán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyun1 jin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜿 蜒
Reading # 2/3 1/1
No. 16285 14258
Phonetic
component 		夗 延
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		鴛 延
Old
Chinese 		/*qon/ /*lan/

Verb

蜿蜒

  1. to wriggle
  2. to wind; to zigzag; to meander

Synonyms

  • (to wriggle): 宛延 (wǎnyán)
  • (to wind): 宛延 (wǎnyán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜿蜒):
  • → Japanese: 蜿蜒(えんえん) (en'en)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜿 蜒
えん
Hyōgai 		えん
Hyōgai
kan'on on'yomi
Alternative spellings
宛延
婉延

Etymology

/weɴeɴ/ → /eɴeɴ/

From Middle Chinese 蜿蜒 (MC 'jwon yen, literally “wriggle, wind + stretch for a long distance”). Compare modern Mandarin reading wānyán.

Pronunciation

Adjective

蜿(えん)蜒(えん) • (en'en) ←ゑんえん (wen'en)?†-tari (adnominal 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)とした (en'en to shita) or 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)たる (en'en taru), adverbial 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)と (en'en to) or 蜿(えん)蜒(えん)として (en'en to shite))

  1. meandering, winding
    • 1905: 韓國誌 (Kankoku-shi, “Korea Chronicle”), 農商務省 (Nōshōmushō, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce) (in Japanese), Tōkyō (text here):
      …此(この)村(むら)ヨリ河(かわ)ノ谷(たに)ハ五(ご)里(り)二(に)十(じゅう)町(ちょう)ノ間(あいだ)蜿(えん)蜒(えん)タル峽(きょう)地(ち)ヲ形(かたち)ツクリ…
      …kono mura yori kawa no tani wa go ri nijū chō no aida en'en taru kyōchi o katachi tsukuri…
      ...from this village, the river valley takes the form of a meandering gorge for a distance of five li and twenty chō ...

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "蜿蜒たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蜿蜒たら ゑんえんたら wen'entara
Continuative (連用形) 蜿蜒と
蜿蜒たり		 ゑんえんと
ゑんえんたり		 wen'ento
wen'entari
Terminal (終止形) 蜿蜒たり ゑんえんたり wen'entari
Attributive (連体形) 蜿蜒たる ゑんえんたる wen'entaru
Realis (已然形) 蜿蜒たれ ゑんえんたれ wen'entare
Imperative (命令形) 蜿蜒たれ ゑんえんたれ wen'entare
Key constructions
Negative 蜿蜒たらず ゑんえんたらず wen'entarazu
Contrasting conjunction 蜿蜒たれど ゑんえんたれど wen'entaredo
Causal conjunction 蜿蜒たれば ゑんえんたれば wen'entareba
Conditional conjunction 蜿蜒たらば ゑんえんたらば wen'entaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蜿蜒たりき ゑんえんたりき wen'entariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蜿蜒たりけり ゑんえんたりけり wen'entarikeri
Adverbial 蜿蜒と ゑんえんと wen'ento
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
蜿蜒

Noun

蜿蜒 • (wanyeon) (hangeul 완연)

  1. hanja form? of 완연
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