繁息

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (繁息)		繁	息
simp. ^#(繁息)		繁	息

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fánxī, fánxí

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄈㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánsi
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-hsi¹
  - Yale: fán-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnshi
  - Palladius: фаньси (fanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánsí
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-hsi²
  - Yale: fán-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnshyi
  - Palladius: фаньси (fanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ɕi³⁵/

Verb

繁息

(literary) to grow and multiply
- 如不消滅中醫，不但妨礙民族的繁息、民生的改良，[…[[]#Chinese|]]] [MSC, trad.]
  如不消灭中医，不但妨碍民族的繁息、民生的改良，[…[[]#Chinese|]]] [MSC, simp.]
  From: 余雲岫
  rú bù xiāomiè zhōngyī, bùdàn fáng'ài mínzú de fánxī, mínshēng de gǎiliáng, [... ] [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 置之茂草，則肥澤繁息 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  置之茂草，则肥泽繁息 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《政論》
  zhì zhī màocǎo, zé féizé fánxī [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 養之得法，必致繁息，且多得糞，可以壅田。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  养之得法，必致繁息，且多得粪，可以壅田。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《農政全書·卷41》
  Yǎng zhī défǎ, bì zhì fánxī, qiě duō dé fèn, kěyǐ yōngtián. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁	息
はん Grade: S	そく Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 繁息 – see the following entry.

【蕃息はんそく】

[noun] multiplying, proliferating

[verb] to multiply, to proliferate

(This term, 繁息, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)