旺旺 (wàng wàng) — vigorously burning; blazing; prosperous; thriving (of business, life, etc.)

Definition

Bound reduplicated form used as a vivid adverbial complement meaning 'vigorously / thrivingly'. It intensifies an action or state (fire burning, business doing, life going) — not a standalone adjective.

bound form
vigorously burningblazingprosperousthriving (of business, life, etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 旺旺。
    Lú zi lǐ de huǒ shāo dé wàng wàng de.
    The fire in the stove is burning vigorously.
  • 旺旺。
    Zhè jiā diàn de shēng yì zuò dé wàng wàng de.
    This shop's business is thriving.
  • 旺旺。
    Tā jiā de rì zi guò dé wàng wàng de.
    His family's life is prosperous.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

旺wàngvigorous
旺wàngvigorous

旺 means vigorous or prosperous; doubling it gives an intensified sense of blazing or thriving.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
往
往wǎng旺wàng
Same sound today

An earlier form paired 日 (sun) with 往 for the sound; the modern 旺 is understood as 日 plus a right-side part.

Open 旺 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
往
往wǎng旺wàng
Same sound today

An earlier form paired 日 (sun) with 往 for the sound; the modern 旺 is understood as 日 plus a right-side part.

Open 旺 →

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