莽莽

Chinese

		Illicium anisatum; rude	Illicium anisatum; rude
trad. (莽莽)		莽	莽
simp. #(莽莽)		莽	莽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎngmǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ ㄇㄤˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎngmǎng [Phonetic: mángmǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎngmǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mang³-mang³
    • Yale: mǎng-mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maangmaang
    • Palladius: манман (manman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

莽莽

1. (of vegetation) dense; thick; bushy
2. boundless; vast

Synonyms

• (dense):

• 密集 (mìjí)
• 濃厚／浓厚 (nónghòu)
• 濃密／浓密 (nóngmì)
• 稠密 (chóumì)
• 繁密 (fánmì)
• 茂密 (màomì) (of vegetation)

 

• (boundless):

• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 寬大／宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊／宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣／广
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà)
• 廣闊／广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐／庞 (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐大／庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 無邊／无边 (wúbiān)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
• 遼闊／辽阔 (liáokuò)