滄桑

See also: 沧桑

Chinese

		blue; green (colour of water); cold blue; green (colour of water); cold; vast (of water)	mulberry tree
trad. (滄桑)		滄	桑
simp. (沧桑)		沧	桑

Etymology

Short for 滄海桑田／沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cāngsāng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤㄙㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ song¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-song

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cāngsāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤㄙㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cangsang
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-sang¹
  - Yale: tsāng-sāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangsang
  - Palladius: цансан (cansan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong¹ song¹
  - Yale: chōng sōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ song¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ song¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-song
  - Tâi-lô: tshong-song
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhongsofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tshang sang

Rime
Character	滄	桑
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	心 (16)
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	息郎切
Baxter	tshang	sang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/saŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/sɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	sāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong¹	song¹

Noun

滄桑

(figurative) vicissitudes of life; great changes; complete transformations

Derived terms

歷盡滄桑／历尽沧桑
滄桑之變／沧桑之变
飽經滄桑／饱经沧桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng)

Adjective

滄桑

having experienced the vicissitudes of life; mature; worldly; sophisticated; suave

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滄	桑
そう Hyōgaiji	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

滄(そう)桑(そう) • (sōsō) ^{←さうさう (sausau)^?}

Short for 滄海桑田, vicissitudes of life; great changes; complete transformations

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
滄	桑

Noun

滄桑 • (changsang) (hangeul 창상)

Hanja form^? of 창상.

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