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蔓

màn

HSK 6 Character

What 蔓 means

1. creeper
2. to spread

Other readings

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

• mánused in {蔓菁|mán jing}

Example sentences

• 火势以扇形迅速蔓延。
  Huǒshì yǐ shànxíng xùnsùmànyán.
  The fire spread out in a fan-shape.
• 这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。
  Zhèxiē cuòshī kěyǐ yùfáng jíbìng mànyán.
  These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.
• 他穿过公园时，一阵寒意顺着脊背蔓延而下。
  A chill ran down his spine as he crossed the park.
• 美国人所吃的食物中约有三分之一来自蜜蜂授粉的农作物，包括苹果、甜瓜、蔓越莓、南瓜、栉瓜、绿花椰菜和杏仁等等。
  About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, including apples, melons, cranberries, pumpkins, squash, broccoli, and almonds, to name just a few.

Words starting with 蔓

• 蔓延màn yánto extend; to spread
• 蔓生màn shēngtrailing plant; liana; creeper
• 蔓草màn cǎocreeper; climbing plant; twiner
• 蔓延全国màn yán quán guóto spread throughout the entire country
• 蔓生植物màn shēng zhí wùcreeper; climbing plant; twiner
• 蔓越莓màn yuè méicranberry
• 蔓越橘màn yuè júcranberry
• 蔓菁mán jingturnip

Words containing 蔓

• 藤蔓téng mànvine; also pr. téng wàn
• 滋蔓zī mànto grow and spread
• 荒烟蔓草huāng yān màn cǎolit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds; desolate (idiom)
• 枝蔓zhī mànbranches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive

Characters built on 曼

These share the phonetic component 曼 (màn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 慢mànslow
• 漫mànfree; unrestrained; to inundate
• 幔màncurtain
• 馒mánused in 馒头
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 谩mánto deceive
• 缦mànplain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁mànto plaster

Characters that look like 蔓

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

• 墨mòink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the…
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 睾gāo(bound form) testicle
• 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly

Sounds the same

Read màn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 慢slow
• 漫free; unrestrained; to inundate
• 曼handsome; large; long
• 幔curtain
• 缦plain thin silk; slow; unadorned
• 墁to plaster
• 镘side of coin without words; trowel
• 鄤place name
• 熳used in 烂熳
• 鬗head ornaments; pretty hair
• 谩to slander; to be disrespectful; to slight
• 嫚insult