浩瀚

浩瀚

Chinese

		grand; vast (water)	ocean; vastness
simp. and trad. (浩瀚)		浩	瀚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàohàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ hon⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hō-hān / hōⁿ-hān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàohàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàohàn
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-han⁴
    • Yale: hàu-hàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawhann
    • Palladius: хаохань (xaoxanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ hon⁶
    • Yale: houh hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² hɔːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-hān
    • Tâi-lô: hō-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoixhan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōⁿ-hān
    • Tâi-lô: hōnn-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvoxhan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² han⁴¹/

Adjective

浩瀚

1. vast; boundless

   • 在浩瀚無垠的沙漠裡，有一片美麗的綠洲，綠洲裡藏著一顆閃光的珍珠。這顆珍珠就是敦煌莫高窟。 [MSC, trad.]
     在浩瀚无垠的沙漠里，有一片美丽的绿洲，绿洲里藏着一颗闪光的珍珠。这颗珍珠就是敦煌莫高窟。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2010, 普通话培训测试指要 p. 217

     Zài hàohàn wúyín de shāmò lǐ, yǒu yī piàn měilì de lǜzhōu, lǜzhōu lǐ cángzhe yī kē shǎnguāng de zhēnzhū. Zhè kē zhēnzhū jiùshì Dūnhuáng Mògāokū. [Pinyin]

     In the boundless desert, there is a beautiful oasis, and in this oasis is hidden a shining pearl. This pearl is the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang.

2. vast; many and varied

Synonyms

• (many and varied):

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Synonyms of 浩瀚

一系列 (yīxìliè) 不少 (bùshǎo) 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial) 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary) 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary) 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary) 好些 (hǎoxiē) 好多 (hǎoduō) 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary) 延延 (yányán) (literary) 很多 (hěnduō) 浩繁 (hàofán)

百 (bǎi) 繁多 (fánduō) 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary) 幾多 (Cantonese) 廣／广 (guǎng) (literary, or in compounds) 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people) 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō) 許多／许多 (xǔduō) 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō) 颮颮／飑飑 (pòpò) (literary) 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Min Nan)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (浩瀚):

• → Japanese: 浩瀚(こうかん) (kōkan)
• → Korean: 호한(浩瀚) (hohan)
• → Vietnamese: hạo hãn (浩瀚)