翱翔

Chinese

		soar; hover	soar
trad. (翱翔)		翱	翔
simp. #(翱翔)		翱	翔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áoxiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁶ coeng⁴, ngou⁴ coeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngàu-siòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gô-siông / gô-siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áoxiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áosiáng
    • Wade–Giles: ao²-hsiang²
    • Yale: áu-syáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aurshyang
    • Palladius: аосян (aosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngou⁶ coeng⁴, ngou⁴ coeng⁴
    • Yale: ngouh chèuhng, ngòuh chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁶ tsoeng⁴, ngou⁴ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁶ cêng⁴, ngou⁴ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/, /ŋou̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngàu-siòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngauˇ xiongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngau² xiong²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋau̯¹¹ si̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-siông
    • Tâi-lô: gô-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goisioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ɡo²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gô-siâng
    • Tâi-lô: gô-siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goisiaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo¹³⁻²² siaŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaw zjang

Rime
Character	翱	翔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五勞切	似羊切
Baxter	ngaw	zjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu/	/zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu/	/ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu/	/ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw/	/zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu/	/ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu/	/zĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu/	/zi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	áo	xiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngou4	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋuː  ljaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiáng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjang ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[ɢ]aŋ/
English	fly back and forth; soar
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	翱	翔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3788	14526
Phonetic component	皐	羊
Rime group	幽	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	敖	詳
Old Chinese	/*ŋuː/	/*ljaŋ/

Verb

翱翔

1. to soar; to hover

Synonyms

• 舞 (wǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 飛翔／飞翔 (fēixiáng)
• 飛舞／飞舞 (fēiwǔ)
• 飛行／飞行 (fēixíng)