望洋

Chinese

 
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
ocean; foreign
trad. (望洋) 望 洋
simp. #(望洋) 望 洋
variant forms 望羊
望佯
望陽/望阳

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 望 洋
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 陽 (106) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 巫放切 與章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mʉɐŋH/ /jɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mʷiɐŋH/ /jiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miuɑŋH/ /iɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muaŋH/ /jɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/miuaŋH/ /iaŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭwaŋH/ /jĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miwaŋH/ /i̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wàng yáng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 望 洋
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wàng yáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjangH › ‹ yang ›
Old
Chinese
/*maŋ-s/ /*ɢ(r)aŋ/
English look at from a distance "great expanse of water"

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 望 洋
Reading # 2/2 2/2
No. 12686 14536
Phonetic
component
亡 羊
Rime
group
陽 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
妄 陽
Old
Chinese
/*maŋs/ /*laŋ/

Adjective

望洋

  1. (literary) looking upwards; looking into the distance

Derived terms

  • 望洋驚嘆/望洋惊叹
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