汪汪

Chinese

		expanse of water; ooze; barking	expanse of water; ooze; barking
simp. and trad. (汪汪)		汪	汪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāngwāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤ ㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong¹ wong¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹uaon-uaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāngwāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤ ㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wangwang
    • Wade–Giles: wang¹-wang¹
    • Yale: wāng-wāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uanguang
    • Palladius: ванван (vanvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong¹ wong¹
    • Yale: wōng wōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong¹ wong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong¹ wong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ⁵⁵ wɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹uaon-uaon
    • MiniDict: uaon^平 uaon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹uaan-uaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /uɑ̃⁵⁵ uɑ̃²¹/

Adjective

汪汪

1. moist with tears; tearful
2. (literary, of a body of water) deep and wide

Synonyms

• (deep and wide):

• 深廣／深广 (shēnguǎng)
• 淵源／渊源 (yuānyuán) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 水汪汪 (shuǐwāngwāng)

 

Adverb

汪汪

1. (onomatopoeia) bow-wow; woof-woof

See also

• 汪星人 (wāngxīngrén)