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繁衍

fán yǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

繁衍 (fán yǎn) means "to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 繁衍 means

1. to multiply
2. to reproduce
3. to increase gradually in number or quantity

The characters in 繁衍

• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 衍yǎnto spread out; to develop; to overflow

Sounds the same

Read fán yǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蕃衍variant of 繁衍

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