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

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• 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

1. 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)