浩瀚

Chinese

		grand; vast (water)	ocean; vastness
simp. and trad. (浩瀚)		浩	瀚
alternative forms		浩汗 浩涆 澔汗 滈汗 灝瀚／灏瀚 浩汗 浩涆 澔汗 滈汗 灝瀚／灏瀚 澔涆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàohàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ hon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ hon⁶
    • Yale: houh hohn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ hon⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ hon⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² hɔːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: hawX hanH

Rime
Character	浩	瀚
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡老切	侯旰切
Baxter	hawX	hanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/	/ɦɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/	/ɦɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/	/ɣɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/	/ɦanH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/	/ɣɑnH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/	/ɣɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/	/ɣɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào	hàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6	hon6

Adjective

浩瀚

1. vast; boundless; shoreless

   • 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):

• 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)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
• 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (浩瀚):

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