惘惘

Chinese

		desolate	desolate
trad. (惘惘)		惘	惘
simp. #(惘惘)		惘	惘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngwǎng [Phonetic: wángwǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngwǎng
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-wang³
    • Yale: wǎng-wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangwoang
    • Palladius: ванван (vanvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: mjangX mjangX

Rime
Character	惘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文兩切
Baxter	mjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋX/
Li Rong	/miuaŋX/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/miwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mong5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*maŋʔ  maŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maŋʔ  maŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	惘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/
English	dejected
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惘
Reading #	1/1
No.	12679
Phonetic component	亡
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	网
Old Chinese	/*maŋʔ/

Adjective

惘惘

1. disappointed; disconcerted; dejected