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There are 10 total results for your 茫茫 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

茫茫

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máng máng
    mang2 mang2
mang mang
 moumou / momo
    もうもう
    boubou / bobo
    ぼうぼう
boundless; vast and obscure
(n,adv,adv-to) (1) (kana only) wide expanse of flat surface (e.g. sea, plains); (2) (kana only) endless; (n,n-suf,adv,adv-to) (3) (kana only) rampant growth of (weeds, hair)

白茫茫

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bái máng máng
    bai2 mang2 mang2
pai mang mang
(of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness

草茫茫

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 kusaboubou / kusabobo
    くさぼうぼう
(can be adjective with の) covered with weeds

霧茫茫


雾茫茫

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wù máng máng
    wu4 mang2 mang2
wu mang mang
foggy

往事茫茫

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 oujiboubou / ojibobo
    おうじぼうぼう
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant

渺渺茫茫

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miǎo miǎo máng máng
    miao3 miao3 mang2 mang2
miao miao mang mang
uncertain; unknown; fuzzy

苦海茫茫

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kǔ hǎi máng máng
    ku3 hai3 mang2 mang2
k`u hai mang mang
    ku hai mang mang
sea of bitterness is vast (idiom)

Variations:
茫々
茫茫

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 boubou / bobo
    ぼうぼう
(adj-t,adv-to) (1) (kana only) vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; extensive; (adj-t,adv-to) (2) (kana only) vague (e.g. memories); unclear; fuzzy; hazy; (adj-t,adv-to) (3) (kana only) rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild; overgrown; (adj-t,adv-to) (4) (kana only) unkempt (hair, beard, etc.); shaggy; scraggly

Variations:
往事茫々
往事茫茫

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 oujiboubou / ojibobo
    おうじぼうぼう
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) (See 往事渺茫) memories of the past events (being, becoming) far and distant

Variations:
草ぼうぼう
草茫茫
草茫々

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 kusaboubou / kusabobo
    くさぼうぼう
(can be adjective with の) covered with weeds

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 10 results for "茫茫" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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