繁瑣

See also: 繁琐

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	fragmentary; trifling
trad. (繁瑣)		繁	瑣
simp. (繁琐)		繁	琐
alternative forms		煩瑣／烦琐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fánsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ so²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-só

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánsuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánsuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: fan²-so³
  - Yale: fán-swǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnsuoo
  - Palladius: фаньсо (fanʹso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    煩瑣 / 烦琐
    繁瑣 / 繁琐
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faan⁴ so²
  - Yale: fàahn só
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ so²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ so²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ sɔː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    煩瑣 / 烦琐
    繁瑣 / 繁琐
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-só
  - Tâi-lô: huân-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoansoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² so⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² so⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

繁瑣

complicated and tedious; overloaded with details; cumbersome

Synonyms

冗 (rǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
龐雜 / 庞杂 (pángzá)
曲折 (qūzhé)
繁雜 / 繁杂 (fánzá)
繁難 / 繁难 (fánnán)
複雜 / 复杂

Derived terms

繁瑣哲學 / 繁琐哲学