"混沌" meaning in Chinese

See 混沌 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wɐn²² tɵn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fun⁵⁵ tun⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hun⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /hun³³⁻¹¹ tun³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hun³³⁻²¹ tun³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /xu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/, /wɐn²² tɵn²²/, /fun⁵⁵ tun⁵⁵/, /hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/, /hun⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/, /hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/, /hun³³⁻¹¹ tun³³/, /hun³³⁻²¹ tun³³/ Chinese transliterations: hùndùn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wan⁶ deon⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fun-tun [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hūn-tūn, hùndùn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hùndùn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hun⁴-tun⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hwùn-dwùn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], huennduenn [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хуньдунь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xunʹdunʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], wahn deuhn [Cantonese, Yale], wan⁶ doen⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wen⁶ dên⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], fun-tun [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], fun dun [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], fun⁴ dun⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], hūn-tūn [Hokkien, POJ], hūn-tūn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], huxndun [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hwonX dwonX [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡuːnʔ duːnʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 渾沌, 渾敦, 混淪, 渾淪
Etymology: Old Chinese *guːnʔ duːnʔ. The variant 渾淪/浑沦 (húnlún) suggests that this perhaps came from *guːnʔ l̥uːnʔ ~ guːnʔ ruːnʔ, from **gruːnʔ, from the root *k(V)r- ("to flow > to mix > to be turbid, chaotic"). Related to 餛飩/馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”) and 雲吞/云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”). Compare 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ), 混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”), Korean 흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”), 흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”), 흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|渾淪}} 渾淪/浑沦 (húnlún), {{zh-l|餛飩|wonton}} 餛飩/馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”), {{zh-l|雲吞|wonton}} 雲吞/云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”), {{och-l|渾}} 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ), {{och-l|混|rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole}} 混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”), {{ko-l|흐르—|to flow; to float; to fill}} 흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”), {{ko-l|흐리—|to be turbid, unclear, indistinct}} 흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”), {{ko-l|흐릿하—|to be vague, indistinct}} 흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 混沌
  1. (Chinese mythology) Hundun (the unclear, confused and nebulous state of the primordial world) Tags: Chinese Categories (topical): Chinese mythology
    Sense id: en-混沌-zh-noun-z0LEYOgx Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. wholeness; inseparability
    Sense id: en-混沌-zh-noun-bs7rI6dt Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 19 42 5 4 15 16 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 16 46 6 1 12 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 7 32 2 2 6 8 2 38 2
  3. unclearness; indistinctness; obscurity; vagueness; obfuscation
    Sense id: en-混沌-zh-noun-hT83RrwA
  4. silliness; stupidity
    Sense id: en-混沌-zh-noun-yoreUr7z
  5. (Chinese mythology) hundun (legendary faceless creature) Tags: Chinese Categories (topical): Chinese mythology
    Sense id: en-混沌-zh-noun-wtu2l3LD Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  6. (mathematics) chaos Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-混沌-zh-noun-XVvdtXcQ Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 䒌靘 (mìngqìng) [figuratively, literary] Derived forms: 混沌理論 (hùndùn lǐlùn), 混沌理论 (hùndùn lǐlùn)

Alternative forms

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        [
          "mathematics",
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        [
          "chaos",
          "chaos"
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      "raw_glosses": [
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùndùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ deon⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun-tun"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hūn-tūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùndùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùndùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hun⁴-tun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwùn-dwùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huennduenn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуньдунь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xunʹdunʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wahn deuhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ doen⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen⁶ dên⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² tɵn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun-tun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun dun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun⁴ dun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fun⁵⁵ tun⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn-tūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn-tūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huxndun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻¹¹ tun³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻²¹ tun³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwonX dwonX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡuːnʔ duːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² tɵn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fun⁵⁵ tun⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻¹¹ tun³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻²¹ tun³³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡuːnʔ duːnʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mìngqìng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "䒌靘"
    }
  ],
  "word": "混沌"
}
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    "Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 沌",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 混",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hùndùn lǐlùn",
      "word": "混沌理論"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hùndùn lǐlùn",
      "word": "混沌理论"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 0,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "混沌"
          },
          "expansion": "混沌",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "混沌",
            "2": "こんとん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "混沌(こんとん) (konton)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "혼돈(混沌)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "混沌",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 혼돈(混沌) (hondon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "hỗn độn",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "混沌",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "混沌"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: hỗn độn (混沌)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "混沌",
            "2": "こんとん",
            "3": "혼돈",
            "4": "hỗn độn",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "混沌",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "混沌",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "混沌",
            "v": "混沌",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (混沌):\n* → Japanese: 混沌(こんとん) (konton)\n* → Korean: 혼돈(混沌) (hondon)\n* → Vietnamese: hỗn độn (混沌)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "こんとん",
            "3": "혼돈",
            "4": "hỗn độn"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (混沌):\n* → Japanese: 混沌(こんとん) (konton)\n* → Korean: 혼돈(混沌) (hondon)\n* → Vietnamese: hỗn độn (混沌)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (混沌):\n* → Japanese: 混沌(こんとん) (konton)\n* → Korean: 혼돈(混沌) (hondon)\n* → Vietnamese: hỗn độn (混沌)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "渾淪"
      },
      "expansion": "渾淪/浑沦 (húnlún)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "餛飩",
        "2": "wonton"
      },
      "expansion": "餛飩/馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "雲吞",
        "2": "wonton"
      },
      "expansion": "雲吞/云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "渾"
      },
      "expansion": "渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "混",
        "2": "rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole"
      },
      "expansion": "混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "흐르—",
        "2": "to flow; to float; to fill"
      },
      "expansion": "흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "흐리—",
        "2": "to be turbid, unclear, indistinct"
      },
      "expansion": "흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "흐릿하—",
        "2": "to be vague, indistinct"
      },
      "expansion": "흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Chinese *guːnʔ duːnʔ. The variant 渾淪/浑沦 (húnlún) suggests that this perhaps came from *guːnʔ l̥uːnʔ ~ guːnʔ ruːnʔ, from **gruːnʔ, from the root *k(V)r- (\"to flow > to mix > to be turbid, chaotic\").\nRelated to 餛飩/馄饨 (húntun, “wonton”) and 雲吞/云吞 (yúntūn, “wonton”).\nCompare 渾 (OC *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ), 混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ, “rapidly flowing water; turbidity; confusedness; unclearness; big; whole”), Korean 흐르— (heureu-, “to flow; to float; to fill”), 흐리— (heuri-, “to be turbid, unclear, indistinct”), 흐릿하— (heuritha-, “to be vague, indistinct”).",
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    {
      "form": "渾沌"
    },
    {
      "form": "渾敦",
      "raw_tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "混淪",
      "raw_tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "渾淪",
      "raw_tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
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      "categories": [
        "zh:Chinese mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "unclear",
          "unclear#English"
        ],
        [
          "confused",
          "confused#English"
        ],
        [
          "nebulous",
          "nebulous#English"
        ],
        [
          "primordial",
          "primordial#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese mythology) Hundun (the unclear, confused and nebulous state of the primordial world)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wholeness; inseparability"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wholeness",
          "wholeness"
        ],
        [
          "inseparability",
          "inseparability"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unclearness; indistinctness; obscurity; vagueness; obfuscation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unclearness",
          "unclearness"
        ],
        [
          "indistinctness",
          "indistinctness"
        ],
        [
          "obscurity",
          "obscurity"
        ],
        [
          "vagueness",
          "vagueness"
        ],
        [
          "obfuscation",
          "obfuscation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "silliness; stupidity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silliness",
          "silliness"
        ],
        [
          "stupidity",
          "stupidity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Chinese mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hundun (legendary faceless creature)"
      ],
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        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
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          "legendary",
          "legendary#English"
        ],
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          "faceless",
          "faceless#English"
        ],
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          "creature",
          "creature#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese mythology) hundun (legendary faceless creature)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chaos"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "chaos",
          "chaos"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) chaos"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùndùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ deon⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun-tun"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hūn-tūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùndùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùndùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hun⁴-tun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwùn-dwùn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huennduenn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуньдунь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xunʹdunʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wahn deuhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶ doen⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wen⁶ dên⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² tɵn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun-tun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun dun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fun⁴ dun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fun⁵⁵ tun⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn-tūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūn-tūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huxndun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻¹¹ tun³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻²¹ tun³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwonX dwonX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡuːnʔ duːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐn²² tɵn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fun⁵⁵ tun⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun⁴¹⁻²² tun⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun²²⁻²¹ tun²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻¹¹ tun³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hun³³⁻²¹ tun³³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡuːnʔ duːnʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mìngqìng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "䒌靘"
    }
  ],
  "word": "混沌"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 混沌 meaning in Chinese (8.7kB)

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