崢嶸

Chinese

	excel; lofty	phonetic
trad. (崢嶸)	崢	嶸
simp. (峥嵘)	峥	嵘
alternative forms	崝嶸／崝嵘崢巆／峥𫶕

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Any connection with 嶙峋 (OC *rin/rinʔ sqʰʷin) or 屴崱 (OC *rɯɡ zrɯɡ)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngróng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹ wing⁴ / zang¹ wing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhengróng
  - Wade–Giles: chêng¹-jung²
  - Yale: jēng-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengrong
  - Palladius: чжэнжун (čžɛnžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaang¹ wing⁴ / zang¹ wing⁴
  - Yale: jāang wìhng / jāng wìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹ wing⁴ / dzang¹ wing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zang¹ wing⁴ / zeng¹ wing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ wɪŋ²¹/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ wɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzreang hweang

Rime
Character	崢	嶸
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	士莖切	戸萌切
Baxter	dzreang	hweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛŋ/	/ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæŋ/	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐŋ/	/ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨjŋ/	/ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɛŋ/	/ɣuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒæŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱæŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang⁴	wang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤreŋ [ɢ]ʷˤreŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*zreːŋ ɢʷreːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崢	嶸
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēng	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrɛng ›	‹ hwɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁreŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁreŋ/
English	崢嶸 high, precipitous	崢嶸 high, precipitous
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	崢	嶸
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	17151	15362
Phonetic component	爭	熒
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		宏
Old Chinese	/*zreːŋ/	/*ɢʷreːŋ/
Notes	士由七校改

Adjective

崢嶸

Synonyms

(lofty):

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屴崱／屴𰎖 (lìzè)
岧嵽／岧𫶇 (tiáodì)
嵽嵲／𫶇嵲 (diéniè)
嶙峋 (línxún)
巀嶭
巍峨 (wēi'é)

(extraordinary):

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異／特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms