泛濫

泛濫

See also: 泛滥, 汎濫, and 氾濫

Chinese

		float; general; vague	excessive; indiscriminate
trad. (泛濫/氾濫/汎濫)		泛/氾/汎	濫
simp. (泛滥)		泛	滥
variant forms		氾滥 simplified

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fànlàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan³ laam⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fam-lam
• Min Nan (POJ): hoàn-lām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fànlàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannlann
    • IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan³ laam⁶
    • Yale: faan laahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan³ laam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan³ lam⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /fäːn³³ läːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fam-lam
    • Hakka Romanization System: fam lam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fam⁴ lam⁴
    • IPA: /fam⁵⁵ lam⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoàn-lām
    • Tâi-lô: huàn-lām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoarnlam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ lam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²¹⁻⁵³ lam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan¹¹⁻⁵³ lam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²¹⁻⁴¹ lam³³/

Verb

泛濫

1. to flood; to inundate; to overflow
2. (figuratively, of something bad) to spread unchecked; to run rampant
3. (archaic) to float and sink in the water

Adjective

泛濫

1. (archaic) widespread; extensive; wide-ranging

Derived terms

泛濫博文／泛滥博文 泛濫平原／泛滥平原

泛濫成災／泛滥成灾 (fànlànchéngzāi) 自由泛濫／自由泛滥