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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): biō-sēng / bō͘-sēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mou⁶ sêng⁶

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu-sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: meu siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴ sin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵ sɨn⁵⁵/
• 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/

Adjective

茂盛

1. luxuriant; exuberant; lush
2. prosperous; thriving; flourishing

Synonyms

• (lush):

• 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):

• 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)
• 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”):

• 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)