蒼蒼

See also: 蒼々

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
trad. (蒼蒼)		蒼	蒼
simp. (苍苍)		苍	苍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāngcāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ cong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cāngcāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄘㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cangcang
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-tsʻang¹
    • Yale: tsāng-tsāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsangtsang
    • Palladius: цанцан (cancan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹ cong¹
    • Yale: chōng chōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ tsong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ cong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

蒼蒼

1. (literary, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
2. (literary, of hair) ash white
3. (literary, of sky or mountains) vast and hazy

Derived terms

• 兩鬢蒼蒼／两鬓苍苍
• 白髮蒼蒼／白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)
• 鬱鬱蒼蒼／郁郁苍苍 (yùyùcāngcāng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒼	蒼
そう Jinmeiyō	そう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
蒼々

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

蒼(そう)蒼(そう) • (sōsō) ^{←さうさう (sausau)?†}-tari (adnominal 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)とした (sōsō to shita) or 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)と (sōsō to) or 蒼(そう)蒼(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

1. (archaic, of sky or ocean) blue
2. (archaic, of vegetation) dark green; luxuriantly green
3. (archaic) dim, gloomy

   Synonym: 薄暗い (usugurai)

Inflection

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	蒼蒼たら	そうそうたら	sousoutara
Continuative (連用形)	蒼蒼と[1] 蒼蒼たり[2]	そうそうと そうそうたり	sousouto sousoutari
Terminal (終止形)	蒼蒼たり	そうそうたり	sousoutari
Attributive (連体形)	蒼蒼たる	そうそうたる	sousoutaru
Realis (已然形)	蒼蒼たれ	そうそうたれ	sousoutare
Imperative (命令形)	蒼蒼たれ	そうそうたれ	sousoutare
Key constructions
Negative	蒼蒼たらず	そうそうたらず	sousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	蒼蒼たれど	そうそうたれど	sousoutaredo
Causal conjunction	蒼蒼たれば	そうそうたれば	sousoutareba
Conditional conjunction	蒼蒼たらば	そうそうたらば	sousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	蒼蒼たりき	そうそうたりき	sousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	蒼蒼たりけり	そうそうたりけり	sousoutarikeri
Adverbial	蒼蒼と	そうそうと	sousouto
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Classical conjugation of "蒼蒼たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
蒼	蒼

Noun

蒼蒼 • (changchang) (hangeul 창창)

1. hanja form^? of 창창