洋洋

Chinese

Etymology 1
ocean; foreign ocean; foreign
simp. and trad.
(洋洋)		 洋 洋
variant forms 揚揚／扬扬

Pronunciation

Adjective

洋洋

(literary, ideophonic)
  1. vast; great; impressive
  2. overflowing; drifting
  3. leisurely
  4. self-satisfied; immensely pleased with oneself
Derived terms
  • 喜氣洋洋／喜气洋洋
  • 喜洋洋 (xǐyángyáng)
  • 得意洋洋 (déyìyángyáng)
  • 意氣洋洋／意气洋洋
  • 懶洋洋／懒洋洋
  • 暖洋洋
  • 洋洋喜氣／洋洋喜气
  • 洋洋大觀／洋洋大观
  • 洋洋得意
  • 洋洋灑灑／洋洋洒洒 (yángyángsǎsǎ)
  • 洋洋纚纚
  • 洋洋自得

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 洋洋 – see 養養 (“worried; anxious”).
(This term, 洋洋, is a variant form of 養養.)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
洋 洋
よう
Grade: 3		 よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adjective

洋洋 (-tari inflection, hiragana ようよう, rōmaji yōyō)

  1. Alternative form of 洋々
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