莽莽

Chinese

		Illicium anisatum; rude	Illicium anisatum; rude
trad. (莽莽)		莽	莽
simp. #(莽莽)		莽	莽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎngmǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ ㄇㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎngmǎng [Phonetic: mángmǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ ㄇㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎngmǎng
    • Wade–Giles: mang³-mang³
    • Yale: mǎng-mǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maangmaang
    • Palladius: манман (manman)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

莽莽

1. (of vegetation) dense; thick; bushy
2. boundless; vast

Synonyms

• (dense):

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• 密集 (mìjí)
• 濃厚 / 浓厚 (nónghòu)
• 濃密 / 浓密 (nóngmì)
• 稠密 (chóumì)
• 繁密 (fánmì)
• 茂密 (màomì) (of vegetation)

 

• (boundless):

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• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 寬大 / 宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊 / 宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣 / 广
• 廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà)
• 廣闊 / 广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐 / 庞 (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 無邊 / 无边 (wúbiān)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
• 遼闊 / 辽阔 (liáokuò)