崢嶸

Chinese

	excel; lofty	phonetic
trad. (崢嶸)	崢	嶸
simp. (峥嵘)	峥	嵘
alternative forms	崝嶸／崝嵘崢巆／峥𫶕

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Any connection with 嶙峋 (OC *rin/rinʔ sqʰʷin) or 屴崱 (OC *rɯɡ zrɯɡ)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngróng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang¹ wing⁴ / zang¹ wing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhengróng
  - Wade–Giles: chêng¹-jung²
  - Yale: jēng-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengrong
  - Palladius: чжэнжун (čžɛnžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaang¹ wing⁴ / zang¹ wing⁴
  - Yale: jāang wìhng / jāng wìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang¹ wing⁴ / dzang¹ wing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zang¹ wing⁴ / zeng¹ wing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ⁵⁵ wɪŋ²¹/, /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ wɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzreang hweang

Rime
Character	崢	嶸
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	士莖切	戸萌切
Baxter	dzreang	hweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒˠɛŋ/	/ɦˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐᵚæŋ/	/ɦʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒɐŋ/	/ɣuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐəɨjŋ/	/ɦwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒɛŋ/	/ɣuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒæŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱæŋ/	/ɣwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cang⁴	wang⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤreŋ [ɢ]ʷˤreŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*zreːŋ ɢʷreːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崢	嶸
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēng	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrɛng ›	‹ hwɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁreŋ/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁreŋ/
English	崢嶸 high, precipitous	崢嶸 high, precipitous
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	崢	嶸
Reading #	2/2	1/2
No.	17151	15362
Phonetic component	爭	熒
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		宏
Old Chinese	/*zreːŋ/	/*ɢʷreːŋ/
Notes	士由七校改

Adjective

崢嶸

Synonyms

(lofty):

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屴崱 / 屴𰎖 (lìzè)
岧嵽 / 岧𫶇 (tiáodì)
嵽嵲 / 𫶇嵲 (diéniè)
嶙峋 (línxún)
巀嶭
巍峨 (wēi'é)

(extraordinary):

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越 / 优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 / 卓着 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實 / 恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青 / 标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著 / 显着 (xiǎnzhù)
高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms