鏘鏘

See also: 鏘々

Chinese

tinkling of small bells tinkling of small bells
trad. (鏘鏘)
simp. (锵锵)

Pronunciation


Adjective

鏘鏘

  1. flourishing
    門人鏘鏘 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    门人锵锵 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Wenzhongzi(文中子)
    Zǐ jiāng zhī Shǎn, ménrén cóng zhě qiāngqiāng yān bèi yú lù. [Pinyin]
    When the teacher was about to depart for Shaanxi, his disciples and servants crowded in the road to see him off.
  2. (of a building) lofty
    鏘鏘 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
    锵锵 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
    Mìng Wáng Liáng zhǎng cè sì xī, yú gāo gé zhī qiāngqiāng. [Pinyin]
    I ordered Wang Liang to commandeer the carriage, all over the lofty attic.

Interjection

鏘鏘

  1. ta-da (used when something surprising is about to happen or to be shown)
    Synonym: 噹噹当当 (dāngdāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そう
Hyōgaiji
そう
Hyōgaiji
goon
Alternative spelling
鏘々

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

(そう)(そう) (sōsō) さうさう (sausau)? -tari (adnominal (そう)(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial (そう)(そう) (sōsō to) or (そう)(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

  1. (archaic) tinkling sound (esp. bell on the Emperor's carriage); bright sound of metal being struck
  2. (archaic) cry of the phoenix
  3. popular, prosperous

Inflection

Noun

(そう)(そう) (sōsō) さうさう (sausau)?

  1. (archaic) cry of the phoenix

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鏘鏘 (jangjang) (hangeul 장장)

  1. Hanja form? of 장장.
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