荒唐

Chinese

		wilderness; wild	wide; exaggerated; boastful
trad. (荒唐)		荒	唐
simp. #(荒唐)		荒	唐

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ tong⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fông-thòng

  (Hailu, HRS): fong^ˋ tong

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong-tông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ tang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngtáng → huāngtang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄊㄤˊ → ㄏㄨㄤ ˙ㄊㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangtång
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-tʻang⁵
    • Yale: hwāng-tang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huang.tarng
    • Palladius: хуантан (xuantan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/ → /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong¹ tong⁴
    • Yale: fōng tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 方糖 荒唐

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ tong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹ tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴ tʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˋ tong
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-tông
    • Tâi-lô: hong-tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongdoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang¹ tang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang thâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ tʰaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwang dang

Rime
Character	荒	唐
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼光切	徒郎切
Baxter	xwang	dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋ/	/dɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋ/	/dɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋ/	/dɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋ/	/daŋ/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋ/	/dɑŋ/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋ/	/dɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwɑŋ/	/dʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāng	táng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	tong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤaŋ  [N-]rˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋ  ɡl'aːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荒	唐
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huāng	táng
Middle Chinese	‹ xwang ›	‹ dang ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ˁaŋ/	/*[N-]rˁaŋ/
English	wasteland; uncultivated land	exaggerate; great
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荒	唐
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12649	3959
Phonetic component	亡	庚
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	荒	唐
Old Chinese	/*hmaːŋ/	/*ɡl'aːŋ/

Adjective

荒唐

1. absurd; ridiculous; preposterous
2. dissipated; loose; unrestrained; indulgent
3. (obsolete) fantastical; imaginary; fanciful

   • 其末也，莊周以其荒唐之辭鳴。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其末也，庄周以其荒唐之辞鸣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 9th century, Han Yu (韓愈), Farewell to Meng Dongye (《送孟東野序》)

     Qí mò yě, Zhuāng Zhōu yǐ qí huāngtáng zhī cí míng. [Pinyin]

     As (the era of Zhou) comes to its end, Zhuang Zhou makes it heard with his words of wild fantasy.

4. (obsolete) vast; boundless

Synonyms

• (absurd):

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• 乖謬 / 乖谬 (guāimiù) (literary)
• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 悖謬 / 悖谬 (bèimiù)
• 荒誕 / 荒诞 (huāngdàn)
• 荒謬 / 荒谬 (huāngmiù)
• 謬妄 / 谬妄 (miùwàng) (literary)

Derived terms

• 放肆荒唐
• 滿紙荒唐言，一把辛酸淚 / 满纸荒唐言，一把辛酸泪
• 荒唐不經 / 荒唐不经
• 荒唐之言
• 荒唐無稽 / 荒唐无稽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	唐
こう Grade: S	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

荒(こう)唐(とう) • (kōtō) 

1. absurdity

Adjective

荒(こう)唐(とう) • (kōtō) -na (adnominal 荒(こう)唐(とう)な (kōtō na), adverbial 荒(こう)唐(とう)に (kōtō ni))

1. absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical

Inflection

Inflection of 荒唐

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	荒唐だろ	こうとうだろ	kōtō daro
Continuative (連用形)	荒唐で	こうとうで	kōtō de
Terminal (終止形)	荒唐だ	こうとうだ	kōtō da
Attributive (連体形)	荒唐な	こうとうな	kōtō na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	荒唐なら	こうとうなら	kōtō nara
Imperative (命令形)	荒唐であれ	こうとうであれ	kōtō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	荒唐ではない 荒唐じゃない	こうとうではない こうとうじゃない	kōtō de wa nai kōtō ja nai
Informal past	荒唐だった	こうとうだった	kōtō datta
Informal negative past	荒唐ではなかった 荒唐じゃなかった	こうとうではなかった こうとうじゃなかった	kōtō de wa nakatta kōtō ja nakatta
Formal	荒唐です	こうとうです	kōtō desu
Formal negative	荒唐ではありません 荒唐じゃありません	こうとうではありません こうとうじゃありません	kōtō de wa arimasen kōtō ja arimasen
Formal past	荒唐でした	こうとうでした	kōtō deshita
Formal negative past	荒唐ではありませんでした 荒唐じゃありませんでした	こうとうではありませんでした こうとうじゃありませんでした	kōtō de wa arimasen deshita kōtō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	荒唐で	こうとうで	kōtō de
Conditional	荒唐なら（ば）	こうとうなら（ば）	kōtō nara (ba)
Provisional	荒唐だったら	こうとうだったら	kōtō dattara
Volitional	荒唐だろう	こうとうだろう	kōtō darō
Adverbial	荒唐に	こうとうに	kōtō ni
Degree	荒唐さ	こうとうさ	kōtōsa

Korean

Hanja in this term
荒	唐

Root

荒唐 • (hwangdang) (hangeul 황당)

1. hanja form^? of 황당 (“absurdity”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
荒	唐

Adjective

荒唐

1. chữ Hán form of hoang đường (“ridiculous, sounding made-up, almost certainly delusional or fictitious; bogus, false, nonsensical, preposterous”)