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泛

fàn

HSK 5 Character

What 泛 means

1. bound formgeneral
2. non-specific
3. extensive
4. pan-
5. to flood
6. literaryto float about
7. to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)

Other readings

泛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fànvariant of {泛|fàn}
• fànvariant of {泛|fàn}

Example sentences

• 大雨使河水泛滥。
  Dàyǔ shǐ héshuǐ fànlàn.
  The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
• 台风造成了河水泛滥。
  Táifēng zàochéng le héshuǐ fàn làn.
  The typhoon caused the river to flood.
• 斯宾诺莎是泛神论者。
  Spinoza was a pantheist.
• 广泛的安全措施实施了。
  Guǎngfàn de ānquáncuòshī shíshī le.
  Broad safety measures were put into effect.
• 我的爱好不但广泛而且有用。
  Wǒ de àihào bù dàn guǎngfàn érqiě yǒuyòng.
  My hobbies are not only wide-ranging but also useful.
• 傍晚时分，天空泛着紫色的光。
  The sky illumined in purple in the evening.

Words starting with 泛

• 泛滥fàn lànto overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
• 泛起fàn qǐto appear; to emerge; to surface
• 泛舟fàn zhōuto go boating
• 泛红fàn hóngto blush; to redden; flushed
• 泛指fàn zhǐto make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
• 泛白fàn báito be suffused with white; faded; bleached; to blanch
• 泛滥成灾fàn làn chéng zāilit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
• 泛称fàn chēngto refer broadly to; general term
• 泛美Fàn měiPan American
• 泛论fàn lùnto discuss in general terms; general exposition; general discussion
• 泛读fàn dú(language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist; extensive reading
• 泛音fàn yīn(music) an overtone; a harmonic
• 泛代数fàn dài shùuniversal algebra
• 泛大洋fàn dà yángPanthalassis (geology)
• 泛得林fàn dé lín(Taiwan) ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug
• 泛神论fàn shén lùnpantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
• 泛定方程fàn dìng fāng chénguniversal differential equation
• 泛民主派fàn mín zhǔ pàipan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
• 泛泛之交fàn fàn zhī jiāonodding acquaintance; slight familiarity
• 泛泛而谈fàn fàn ér tánto speak in general terms
• 泛自然神论fàn zì rán shén lùnpandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
• 泛光灯fàn guāng dēngfloodlight
• 泛函fàn hána functional (math.)
• 泛函分析fàn hán fēn xī(math) functional analysis

Words containing 泛

• 广泛guǎng fànwide; broad; extensive; widespread
• 宽泛kuān fànwide-ranging
• 活泛huó fanflexible; adaptable
• 空泛kōng fànvague and general; not specific; shallow
• 灵泛líng fànnimble; agile
• 广泛影响guǎng fàn yǐng xiǎngwide ranging influence
• 超泛神论chāo fàn shén lùnpanentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it
• 松泛sōng fànrelaxed
• 广泛性焦虑症guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhènggeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD)
• 浮泛fú fànto float about; (of a feeling) to show on the face; (of speech, friendship etc) shallow
• 浮家泛宅fú jiā fàn zháilit. to live on a boat; to drift from place to place (idiom)
• 学海泛舟xué hǎi fàn zhōusailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
• 黄泛区huáng fàn qūred-light district

Characters that look like 泛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 沃wòfertile; rich; to irrigate
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read fàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饭cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 范pattern; model; example
• 犯to violate; to offend; to assault
• 贩to deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 笵bamboo mold
• 嬎(dialect) (of birds) to lay eggs; (archaic) to reproduce; to bear offspring
• 畈field; farm
• 梵abbr. for 梵教; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵语; abbr. for 梵蒂冈
• 飰old variant of 饭