繁衍

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fányǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ jin²
Min Nan (POJ): hoân-ián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fányǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnyean
  - IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴ jin²
  - Yale: fàahn yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ jin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ yin²
  - IPA ^(key): /fäːn²¹ jiːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (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/

Verb

繁衍

to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed

Derived terms

繁衍生息

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