"滄桑" meaning in Chinese

See 滄桑 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sɔŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 沧桑 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Short for 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián). Etymology templates: {{zh-etym-short|滄海桑田}} Short for 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 滄桑
  1. having experienced the vicissitudes of life; mature; worldly; sophisticated; suave
    Sense id: en-滄桑-zh-adj-Lb9pJVVu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Noun

IPA: /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sɔŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 沧桑 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Short for 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián). Etymology templates: {{zh-etym-short|滄海桑田}} Short for 滄海桑田/沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 滄桑
  1. (figurative) vicissitudes of life; great changes; complete transformations Tags: figuratively Derived forms: 歷盡滄桑, 历尽沧桑, 滄桑之變, 沧桑之变, 飽經滄桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng), 饱经沧桑 (bǎojīngcāngsāng)
    Sense id: en-滄桑-zh-noun-2D9T9TJL Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
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      "zh_pron": "tsāng-sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsangsang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cansan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цансан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cong¹ song¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chōng sōng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsong¹ song¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cong¹ song¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhong-song"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshong-song"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhongsofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshang sang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "滄桑"
}

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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese short forms",
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 滄",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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        "1": "滄海桑田"
      },
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      "name": "zh-etym-short"
    }
  ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cāngsāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄤ ㄙㄤ"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cong¹ song¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhong-song"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cāngsāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄤ ㄙㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cangsang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsʻang¹-sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsāng-sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsangsang"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ sɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chōng sōng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsong¹ song¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cong¹ song¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɔːŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chhong-song"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshong-song"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhongsofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ³³ sɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshang sang"
    }
  ],
  "word": "滄桑"
}

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