洋洋

See also: 洋々

Chinese

Etymology 1

		ocean; foreign	ocean; foreign
simp. and trad. (洋洋)		洋	洋
alternative forms		揚揚／扬扬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángyáng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ joeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông-iông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángyáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángyáng
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-yang²
  - Yale: yáng-yáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangyang
  - Palladius: янъян (janʺjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ joeng⁴
  - Yale: yèuhng yèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ joeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ yêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-iông
  - Tâi-lô: iông-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iong'ioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/

Adjective

洋洋 (literary, ideophonic)

vast; great; impressive
overflowing; drifting
leisurely
self-satisfied; immensely pleased with oneself

Derived terms

喜氣洋洋／喜气洋洋 (xǐqìyángyáng)
喜洋洋 (xǐyángyáng)
得意洋洋 (déyìyángyáng)
意氣洋洋／意气洋洋 (yìqìyángyáng)
懶洋洋／懒洋洋 (lǎnyángyáng)
暖洋洋 (nuǎnyángyáng)
洋洋喜氣／洋洋喜气
洋洋大觀／洋洋大观 (yángyángdàguān)
洋洋得意 (yángyángdéyì)
洋洋灑灑／洋洋洒洒 (yángyángsǎsǎ)
洋洋纚纚／洋洋𫄥𫄥
洋洋自得 (yángyángzìdé)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 洋洋 – see 養養 (“worried; anxious”). (This term is a variant form of 養養).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洋	洋
よう Grade: 3	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 洋洋 – see the following entry.

【洋々ようよう】

[adjective] (literary) broad, vast, boundless, wide

(This term, 洋洋, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
洋	洋

Noun

洋洋 • (yang'yang) (hangeul 양양)

Hanja form^? of 양양.

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