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滄Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green
- 2.(literary) cold
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Wiktionary
- 1.cold, chilly
- 2.blue; green
- 3.white; greyish white
- 4.abandoned granary
- 5.desolate
- 6.decay; decline; old age
- 7.used in 蒼莽／苍莽 (cǎngmǎng, “boundless”)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰaːŋ): semantic 冫 (“ice”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ). Probably from 涼 (OC *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs, “cold”). Also note similarities to Burmese ဆောင်း (hcaung:, “winter”).
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Derived terms
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Related words
沧桑 great changes沧源 see 沧源佤族自治县[Cāng yuán Wǎ zú Zì zhì xiàn]澜沧 see 澜沧拉祜族自治县[Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn]沧县 Cang County or Cangxian, a county in Cangzhou City 沧州市[Cāng zhōu Shì], Hebei海沧 see 海沧区[Hǎi cāng Qū]临沧 see 临沧市[Lín cāng Shì]沧州 see 沧州市[Cāng zhōu Shì]李沧 see 李沧区[Lǐ cāng Qū]沧龙 (zoology) mosasaur沧龙科 (zoology) family Mosasauridae沧桑感 a sense of having been through good times and bad澜沧江 Lancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河[Méi gōng Hé]