八荒
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Chinese
[edit]eight | out of practice; uncultivated | ||
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trad. (八荒) | 八 | 荒 | |
simp. #(八荒) | 八 | 荒 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄏㄨㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bahuang
- Wade–Giles: pa1-huang1
- Yale: bā-hwāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahuang
- Palladius: бахуан (baxuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: peat xwang
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤret m̥ˤaŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*preːd hmaːŋ/
Noun
[edit]八荒
- places that are remote and faraway
- (figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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八 | 荒 |
はち > はっ Grade: 1 |
こう Grade: S |
Etymology
[edit]/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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]八荒 • (hakkō) ←はっくゎう (fakkwau)?
- the eight corners of the earth
- the world as a whole
See also
[edit]- 八紘 (hakkō)
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