繁衍

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	to spread out; to develop; to overflow to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify
trad. (繁衍)		繁	衍
simp. ^#(繁衍)		繁	衍
alternative forms		蕃衍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fányǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ jin²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoân-ián

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ iang⁶

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⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴ jin²
  - Yale: fàahn yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ jin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ yin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ jiːn³⁵/
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/

Verb

繁衍

to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed

Synonyms

乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
增生 (zēngshēng)
滋生 (zīshēng)
生息 (shēngxī)
生殖 (shēngzhí)
繁殖 (fánzhí)
繁育 (fányù)

Derived terms

繁衍生息

Related terms

生息 (shēngxī)
衍生 (yǎnshēng)

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