菶菶

Chinese

		expand; thick weeds	expand; thick weeds
trad. (菶菶)		菶	菶
simp. #(菶菶)		菶	菶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běngběng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄥˇ ㄅㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běngběng [Phonetic: béngběng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˇ ㄅㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běngběng
    • Wade–Giles: pêng³-pêng³
    • Yale: běng-běng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beengbeeng
    • Palladius: бэнбэн (bɛnbɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: puwngX|buwngX puwngX|buwngX

Rime
Character	菶	菶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	邊孔切	蒲蠓切
Baxter	puwngX	buwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puŋX/	/buŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/puŋX/	/buŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/puŋX/	/buŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəwŋX/	/bəwŋX/
Li Rong	/puŋX/	/buŋX/
Wang Li	/puŋX/	/buŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/puŋX/	/bʱuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	běng	bèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bung2	bung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*poːŋʔ|boːŋʔ  poːŋʔ|boːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菶	菶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3211	3218
Phonetic component	丰	丰
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	琫	菶
Old Chinese	/*poːŋʔ/	/*boːŋʔ/

Adjective

菶菶

1. (literary) luxuriant; exuberant

   • 菶菶萋萋、雝雝喈喈。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     菶菶萋萋、雍雍喈喈。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Běngběng qīqī, yōngyōng jiējiē. [Pinyin]

     They grow luxuriantly;
     And harmoniously the notes resound.

Synonyms

• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 繁茂 (fánmào)
• 肥美 (féiměi)
• 芊綿／芊绵 (qiānmián) (literary, of vegetation)
• 茂 (literary, or in compounds)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)
• 葳蕤 (wēiruí) (literary)
• 豐茂／丰茂 (fēngmào)
• 趒 (Hokkien)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)