滄浪

滄浪

Chinese

		blue; green(color of water); cold blue; green(color of water); cold; vast (of water)	wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated
trad. (滄浪)		滄	浪
simp. (沧浪)		沧	浪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Cāngláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ long⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Cāngláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cangláng
    • Wade–Giles: Tsʻang¹-lang²
    • Yale: Tsāng-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsanglang
    • Palladius: Цанлан (Canlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ long⁴
    • Yale: chōng lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɑŋ  lɑŋ/

Rime
Character	滄	浪
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	魯當切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ  raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滄	浪
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	1127	8016
Phonetic component	倉	良
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉	郎
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*raːŋ/

Proper noun

滄浪

1. (literary, historical) Name of an ancient river, variously identified 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

滄浪亭／沧浪亭 滄浪叟／沧浪叟 滄浪君／沧浪君 滄浪天／沧浪天 滄浪子／沧浪子

滄浪客／沧浪客 滄浪洲／沧浪洲 滄浪老人／沧浪老人 濯纓滄浪／濯缨沧浪 濯足滄浪／濯足沧浪