Usage of the character 泛
fàn
泛
[泛]
- (bound form) general
- non-specific
- extensive
- pan-
- to flood
- (literary) to float about
- to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
fàn
泛
[汎]
- variant of 泛 (fàn)
fàn
泛
[氾]
- variant of 泛 (fàn)
fànchēng
泛称
[泛稱]
- to refer broadly to
- general term
fànlàn
泛滥
[泛濫]
- to be in flood
- to overflow (the banks)
- to inundate
- to spread unchecked
fànqǐ
泛起
[泛起]
- to appear
- to emerge
- to surface
fànbái
泛白
[泛白]
- to be suffused with white; faded; bleached
- to blanch
fànyīn
泛音
[泛音]
- overtone
- a harmonic
fànzhōu
泛舟
[泛舟]
- to go boating
fànhán
泛函
[泛函]
- a functional (math.)
fànhóng
泛红
[泛紅]
- to blush
- to redden
- flushed
fànlùn
泛论
[泛論]
- to discuss in general terms
- general exposition
- general discussion
guǎngfàn
广泛
[廣泛]
- wide; broad; extensive; widespread
fànsuān
泛酸
[泛酸]
- pantothenic acid
- vitamin B5
- to surge up (of acid in the stomach)
kōngfàn
空泛
[空泛]
- vague and general
- not specific
- shallow
- empty
língfàn
灵泛
[靈泛]
- nimble
- agile
fànzhǐ
泛指
[泛指]
- to make a general reference
- to be used in a general sense
Fànměi
泛美
[泛美]
- Pan American
fúfàn
浮泛
[浮泛]
- to float about
- (of a feeling) to show on the face
- (of speech, friendship etc) shallow
- vague
kuānfàn
宽泛
[寬泛]
- wide-ranging
sōngfàn
松泛
[鬆泛]
- relaxed
fàndú
泛读
[泛讀]
- (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist
- extensive reading
huófan
活泛
[活泛]
- flexible
- adaptable
fànguāngdēng
泛光灯
[泛光燈]
- floodlight
fàndàishù
泛代数
[泛代數]
- universal algebra
fànxìngliàn
泛性恋
[泛性戀]
- pansexuality
fànshénlùn
泛神论
[泛神論]
- pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
huángfànqū
黄泛区
[黃泛區]
- red-light district
fàndàyáng
泛大洋
[泛大洋]
- Panthalassis (geology)
fàndàlù
泛大陆
[泛大陸]
- Pangea (geology)
Huángfànqū
黄泛区
[黃泛區]
- Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were destroyed in an attempt to halt the advance of Japanese troops
- (historically) Huang He floodable area
fàndélín
泛得林
[泛得林]
- ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug (Tw)
chāofànshénlùn
超泛神论
[超泛神論]
- panentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it
xuéhǎifànzhōu
学海泛舟
[學海泛舟]
- sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
fànfànzhījiāo
泛泛之交
[泛泛之交]
- nodding acquaintance
- slight familiarity
fújiāfànzhái
浮家泛宅
[浮家泛宅]
- lit. to live on a boat
- to drift from place to place (idiom)
fàndìngfāngchéng
泛定方程
[泛定方程]
- universal differential equation
fànzhūsānjiǎo
泛珠三角
[泛珠三角]
- Pan-Pearl River delta
- The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta
- South China
fànmínzhǔpài
泛民主派
[泛民主派]
- pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
fànfàn'értán
泛泛而谈
[泛泛而談]
- to speak in general terms
fànhánfēnxī
泛函分析
[泛函分析]
- (math.) functional analysis
guǎngfànyǐngxiǎng
广泛影响
[廣泛影響]
- wide ranging influence
fànlànchéngzāi
泛滥成灾
[泛濫成災]
- lit. to flood (idiom)
- fig. rampant
- in plague proportions
fànzhūjiāngsānjiǎo
泛珠江三角
[泛珠江三角]
- the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
fànzìránshénlùn
泛自然神论
[泛自然神論]
- pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
guǎngfànxìngjiāolüzhèng
广泛性焦虑症
[廣泛性焦慮症]
- generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)