# 鼎盛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǐngshèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^2$ sing$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tín-sṳn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǐngshèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǐngshèng
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^3$-shêng$^4$
*** Yale: dǐng-shèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diingshenq
*** Palladius: диншэн (dinšɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^2$ sing$^6$
*** Yale: díng sihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^2$ sing$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^2$ xing$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ³⁵ sɪŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tín-sṳn
*** Hakka Romanization System: din$^ˋ$ siin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: din$^3$ sin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tin³¹ sɨn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tengX dzyengH
Rime :
| Character | 鼎 | 盛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 都挺切 | 承正切 |
| Baxter | tengX | dzyengH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /teŋ$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiᴇŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /teŋ$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛŋ$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiæŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛjŋ$^X$/ | /d͡ʑiajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /teŋ$^X$/ | /ʑiɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tieŋ$^X$/ | /ʑĭɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tieŋ$^X$/ | /ʑi̯ɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dǐng | shèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ding$^2$ | sing$^6$ |

### Adjective

鼎盛
* flourishing; prospering; at its peak
    鼎盛時期／鼎盛时期 ― dǐngshèng shíqī ― period of great prosperity; golden age
* in the prime of life
    春秋鼎盛 ― chūnqiū dǐngshèng ― in the prime of one's life

#### Synonyms

* (flourishing):
* 全盛 (quánshèng)
* 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
* 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
* 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
* 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
* 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
* 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
* 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
* 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
* 昌隆 (chānglóng)
* 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
* 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
* 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
* 火爆 (huǒbào)
* 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
* 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
* 繁盛 (fánshèng)
* 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
* 繽紛／缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
* 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
* 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
* 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
* 茂盛 (màoshèng)
* 蓬勃 (péngbó)
* 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
* 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
* 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
* 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
* (in the prime of life):
* 健壯／健壮 (jiànzhuàng)
* 健斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 健朗 (jiànlǎng)
* 健身 (Hokkien)
* 𠕇擢 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 勇健 (Hokkien)
* 勇壯／勇壮 (Hokkien, literary)
* 勇跤 (Hokkien)
* 堅實／坚实 (jiānshí)
* 壯健／壮健 (zhuàngjiàn)
* 壯大／壮大 (zhuàngdà)
* 壯實／壮实 (zhuàngshi)
* 強健／强健 (qiángjiàn)
* 強勁／强劲 (qiángjìng)
* 強壯／强壮 (qiángzhuàng)
* 皮實／皮实 (píshi)
* 矯健／矫健 (jiǎojiàn)
* 矯捷／矫捷 (jiǎojié)
* 硬掙／硬挣 (Hokkien)
* 硬插 (Hokkien)
* 硬朗
* 硬程 (Hakka)
* 粗大 (cūdà)
* 精壯／精壮 (jīngzhuàng)
* 結實／结实
* 緊實／紧实 (jǐnshí)
* 肥壯／肥壮 (féizhuàng)
* 肥美 (féiměi)
* 茁壯／茁壮 (zhuózhuàng)
* 鋼鐵／钢铁 (gāngtiě) (literary, figuratively)
* 雄健 (xióngjiàn)
* 雄強／雄强 (xióngqiáng)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “flourishing”):
* 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
* 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
* 低迷 (dīmí)
* 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
* 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
* 清淡 (qīngdàn)
* 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

#### Derived terms

* 春秋鼎盛 (chūnqiūdǐngshèng)
* 衣冠鼎盛
* 香火鼎盛
* 鼎盛期