饱经沧桑 bǎojīngcāngsāng

1. Having lived through many changes^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 饱经沧桑, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

饱经沧桑 is written with 4 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

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What does 饱经沧桑 mean in English?

饱经沧桑 is pronounced bǎojīngcāngsāng and means Having lived through many changes †.

How do you pronounce 饱经沧桑?

饱经沧桑 is bǎojīngcāngsāng in pinyin — written baojingcangsang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 饱经沧桑?

饱经沧桑 is written with 4 characters: 饱 (bǎo) Full (satisfied), 经 (jīng) Scripture (endure - experience), 沧 (cāng) Dark blue, 桑 (sāng) Mulberry (tree). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 饱经沧桑 written in traditional Chinese?

飽經滄桑. The simplified form 饱经沧桑 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 飽經滄桑 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced bǎojīngcāngsāng.

Is 饱经沧桑 an HSK word?

Yes — 饱经沧桑 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.