繁衍
Chinese
| complicated; many; in great numbers | to spread out; to develop; to overflow to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify | ||
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| trad. (繁衍) | 繁 | 衍 | |
| simp. #(繁衍) | 繁 | 衍 | |
| alternative forms | 蕃衍 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faan4 jin2 / faan4 hin2
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fányǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fányǎn
- Wade–Giles: fan2-yen3
- Yale: fán-yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnyean
- Palladius: фаньянь (fanʹjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fän³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: faan4 jin2 / faan4 hin2
- Yale: fàahn yín / fàahn hín
- Cantonese Pinyin: faan4 jin2 / faan4 hin2
- Guangdong Romanization: fan4 yin2 / fan4 hin2
- Sinological IPA (key): /faːn²¹ jiːn³⁵/, /faːn²¹ hiːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-ián
- Tâi-lô: huân-ián
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoan'iern
- IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ iɛn⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: huang5 iang6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng iăng
- Sinological IPA (key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iaŋ³⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
繁衍
- to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 繁衍生息
See also
Adjective
繁衍