# 崢嶸
## Chinese
### 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): ㄓㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang$^1$ wing$^4$ / zang$^1$ wing$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngróng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhengróng
*** Wade–Giles: chêng$^1$-jung$^2$
*** Yale: jēng-rúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengrong
*** Palladius: чжэнжун (čžɛnžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaang$^1$ wing$^4$ / zang$^1$ wing$^4$
*** Yale: jāang wìhng / jāng wìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang$^1$ wing$^4$ / dzang$^1$ wing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zang$^1$ wing$^4$ / zeng$^1$ wing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɖ͡ʐʱæŋ/ | /ɣwæŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chéng | hóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cang$^4$ | wang$^4$ |
* 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
* (ideophonic) towering
* (ideophonic) fierce
* (ideophonic) chilly
* (ideophonic) outstanding

#### Synonyms

* (lofty):
* 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):
* 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 (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 (o$^5$ shr$^6$) (Xiang, used as a complement)
* 打得 (Hakka)
* 挺 (tǐng)
* 斐然 (fěirán)
* 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
* 標青／标青 (biu$^1$ ceng$^1$) (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／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
* 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

#### Derived terms

* 崢嶸崔嵬／峥嵘崔嵬
* 崢嶸歲月／峥嵘岁月 (zhēngróngsuìyuè)
* 崢嶸洲／峥嵘洲
* 崢嶸軒峻／峥嵘轩峻
* 歲月崢嶸／岁月峥嵘
* 頭角崢嶸／头角峥嵘 (tóujiǎozhēngróng)