"八荒" meaning in All languages combined

See 八荒 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /pä⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pä⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: bāhuāng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bāhuāng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bahuang [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pa¹-huang¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bā-hwāng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bahuang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бахуан [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], baxuan [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], peat xwang [Middle-Chinese], /*pˤret m̥ˤaŋ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*preːd hmaːŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 八荒
  1. places that are remote and faraway
    Sense id: en-八荒-zh-noun-2gF9FbVa Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. (figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-八荒-zh-noun-PSdXmQJk

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ha̠k̚ko̞ː] Forms: 八荒 [canonical] (ruby: (はっ), (こう)), hakkō [romanization], fakkwau [romanization], はっくゎう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /hakkwau/ > /hakkwoː/ > /hakkoː/. Literally the eight corners of the land. The eight corners are in the north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and is a reference to the land as a whole. Head templates: {{ja-noun|はっこう|hhira=はっくゎう}} 八(はっ)荒(こう) • (hakkō) ^(←はっくゎう (fakkwau)?)
  1. the eight corners of the earth
    Sense id: en-八荒-ja-noun-pI~gHUci Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 68 32
  2. the world as a whole
    Sense id: en-八荒-ja-noun-uZ9n2MlP Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 6 6 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 3 3 88 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 八紘 (hakkō) (ruby: 八紘(はっこう))
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      "zh-pron": "bāhuāng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄤ"
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    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "bahuang"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "pa¹-huang¹"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "bā-hwāng"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "bahuang"
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "бахуан"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "baxuan"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "peat xwang"
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      "zh-pron": "bāhuāng"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄤ"
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      "zh-pron": "bāhuāng"
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        "Mandarin",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "pa¹-huang¹"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bā-hwāng"
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      "zh-pron": "bahuang"
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      "zh-pron": "бахуан"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "baxuan"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "peat xwang"
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      "zh-pron": "/*pˤret m̥ˤaŋ/"
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        "Old-Chinese",
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      "zh-pron": "/*preːd hmaːŋ/"
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  "etymology_text": "/hakkwau/ > /hakkwoː/ > /hakkoː/. Literally the eight corners of the land. The eight corners are in the north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest and is a reference to the land as a whole.",
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 八荒 meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)

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