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): ㄘㄤ ㄙㄤ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngsāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄙㄤ
    • 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/

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• 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

1. (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

1. 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])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
滄	桑

Noun

滄桑 • (changsang) (hangeul 창상)

1. Hanja form^? of 창상.