悵惘

Chinese

		regretful; upset; despair regretful; upset; despair; depressed	desolate
trad. (悵惘)		悵	惘
simp. (怅惘)		怅	惘
alternative forms		悵罔／怅罔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàngwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³ mong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàngwǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàngwǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-wang³
    • Yale: chàng-wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqwoang
    • Palladius: чанван (čanvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng³ mong⁵
    • Yale: cheung móhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³ mong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng³ mong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³ mɔːŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjangH mjangX

Rime
Character	悵	惘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丑亮切	文兩切
Baxter	trhjangH	mjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨɐŋH/	/mʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɐŋH/	/mʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɑŋH/	/miuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨaŋH/	/muaŋX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiaŋH/	/miuaŋX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭaŋH/	/mĭwaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯aŋH/	/miwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chàng	wǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng3	mong5

Adjective

悵惘

1. (literary) frustrated; disappointed; dejected

Synonyms

• 惘然 (wǎngrán)