擴散

See also: 扩散 and 拡散

Chinese

		enlarge	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (擴散)		擴	散
simp. (扩散)		扩	散

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuòsàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwok³ saan³ / kong³ saan³ / kwong³ saan³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khok-sàn / khok-sòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuang³ suan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuòsàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuòsàn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-san⁴
  - Yale: kwò-sàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohsann
  - Palladius: косань (kosanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwok³ saan³ / kong³ saan³ / kwong³ saan³
  - Yale: kwok saan / kong saan / kwong saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwok⁸ saan³ / kong³ saan³ / kwong³ saan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuog³ san³ / kong³ san³ / kuong³ san³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːk̚³ saːn³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³ saːn³³/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ saːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-sàn
  - Tâi-lô: khok-sàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoksaxn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ san¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ san²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ san⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ san²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khok-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoksvoax
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ suã⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuang³ suan²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng suáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sũã⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

擴散

to spread; to diffuse; to proliferate; to scatter about
(physics, chemistry, of molecules or atoms) to diffuse
(medicine, of tumour) to spread; to metastasise

Derived terms

核擴散 / 核扩散 (hékuòsàn)

Related terms

擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
蔓延 (mànyán)
散布 (sànbù)
延伸 (yánshēn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擴	散
かく Hyōgai	さん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

擴(かく)散(さん) • (kakusan)

Kyūjitai form of 拡散 (“diffusion, scattering, spread”)

Verb

擴(かく)散(さん)する • (kakusan suru) intransitive suru (stem 擴(かく)散(さん)し (kakusan shi), past 擴(かく)散(さん)した (kakusan shita))

Kyūjitai form of 拡散 (“to scatter, to spread”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
擴	散

Noun

擴散 • (hwaksan) (hangeul 확산)

hanja form^? of 확산 (“spreading; dissemination; diffusion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
擴	散

Noun

擴散

chữ Hán form of khuếch tán (“diffusion”)

Verb

擴散

chữ Hán form of khuếch tán (“to diffuse”)

Adjective

擴散

chữ Hán form of khuếch tán (“diffusive”)