茂盛

Chinese

		luxuriant	flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname
trad. (茂盛)		茂	盛
simp. ^#(茂盛)		茂	盛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màoshèng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁶ sing⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): meu-sṳn

(Hailu, HRS): meu^˖ shin^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): biō-sēng / bō͘-sēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mou⁶ sêng⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau-zen₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màoshèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màoshèng
  - Wade–Giles: mao⁴-shêng⁴
  - Yale: màu-shèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawshenq
  - Palladius: маошэн (maošɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mau⁶ sing⁶
  - Yale: mauh sihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁶ sing⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: meo⁶ xing⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²² sɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu-sṳn
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu siin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴ sin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵ sɨn⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: meu^˖ shin^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /meu³³ ʃin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō-sēng
  - Tâi-lô: biō-sīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bioixseng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sēng
  - Tâi-lô: bōo-sīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxseng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mou⁶ sêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mŏu sĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou³⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mau-zen₆
  - MiniDict: mau^去 zen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau-zen₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²² zən⁴⁴/

Adjective

茂盛

luxuriant; exuberant; lush
prosperous; thriving; flourishing

Synonyms

(lush):

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幽鬱 / 幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
繁茂 (fánmào)
肥美 (féiměi)
芊綿 / 芊绵 (qiānmián) (literary, of vegetation)
茂 (literary, or in compounds)
萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)
菶菶 (běngběng) (literary)
葳蕤 (wēiruí) (literary)
豐茂 / 丰茂 (fēngmào)
趒 (Hokkien)
軫軫 / 轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)

(prosperous):

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全盛 (quánshèng)
卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
富強 / 富强 (fùqiáng)
富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
強盛 / 强盛 (qiángshèng)
昌 (literary, or in compounds)
昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
旺盛 (wàngshèng)
昌盛 (chāngshèng)
昌隆 (chānglóng)
景氣 / 景气 (jǐngqì)
暢旺 / 畅旺 (chàngwàng)
條暢 / 条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
火爆 (huǒbào)
紅火 / 红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
繁榮 / 繁荣 (fánróng)
繁盛 (fánshèng)
繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá)
繽紛 / 缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
興旺 / 兴旺 (xīngwàng)
興盛 / 兴盛 (xīngshèng)
興隆 / 兴隆 (xīnglóng)
蓬勃 (péngbó)
蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
軫軫 / 轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
隆盛 (lóngshèng)
鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “prosperous”):

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不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
不景氣 / 不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
低迷 (dīmí)
冷淡 (lěngdàn)
慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
清淡 (qīngdàn)
蕭條 / 萧条 (xiāotiáo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茂盛):

→ Korean: 무성(茂盛) (museong)