蕩蕩
See also: 荡荡
Chinese edit
a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute |
a pond; pool; wash a pond; pool; wash; squander; sweep away; move; shake; dissolute | ||
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trad. (蕩蕩/盪盪) | 蕩/盪 | 蕩/盪 | |
simp. (荡荡) | 荡 | 荡 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
蕩蕩
- (literary, ideophonic) vast; broad; spacious (and empty)
- (literary, ideophonic) generous; magnanimous
- (literary, ideophonic, of water) gushing; surging; rushing
- (literary, ideophonic) unrestrained; unconstrained
- (literary, ideophonic) floating; drifting; swaying
- (literary, ideophonic) bright and clean; luminous
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蕩 | 蕩 |
とう Hyōgaiji |
とう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
/tautau/ → /tɔːtɔː/ → /toːtoː/
From Middle Chinese 蕩蕩 (MC dangX dangX).
Due to some similarity in meaning in the source Chinese and further conflation in Japanese, this term is variously spelled either 蕩蕩 or 湯湯. Note that the difference is the presence or absence of the radical 艹 at the top of each character.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
蕩蕩 • (tōtō) ←たうたう (tautau)?†-tari (adnominal 蕩蕩とした (tōtō to shita) or 蕩蕩たる (tōtō taru), adverbial 蕩蕩と (tōtō to) or 蕩蕩として (tōtō to shite))
- (uncommon, literary) spacious, grandiose
- (uncommon, literary) level and peaceful
- (uncommon, literary) gushing, surging, rushing
- (uncommon, literary) gentle
- (uncommon, literary) disordered, unconstrained
References edit
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN