茂盛

茂盛

Chinese

		luxuriant	flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname
trad. (茂盛)		茂	盛
simp. #(茂盛)		茂	盛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màoshèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁶ sing⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): meu-sṳn
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): biō-sēng / bō͘-sēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mou⁶ sêng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màoshèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màoshèng
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-shêng⁴
    • Yale: màu-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawshenq
    • Palladius: маошэн (maošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mau⁶ sing⁶
    • Yale: mauh sihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁶ sing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁶ xing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²² sɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: meu-sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: meu siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: meu⁴ sin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /meu̯⁵⁵ sɨn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biō-sēng
    • Tâi-lô: biō-sīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bioixseng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bio⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-sēng
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-sīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxseng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mou⁶ sêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mŏu sĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou³⁵⁻¹¹ seŋ³⁵/

Adjective

茂盛

1. luxuriant; exuberant; lush
2. prosperous; thriving; flourishing

Synonyms

• (lush):

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繁茂 (fánmào) 肥美 (féiměi) 茂 (mào) (literary, or in compounds) 菶菶 (běngběng) (literary) 萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)

葳蕤 (wēiruí) (literary) 趒 (Min Nan) 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic) 芊綿／芊绵 (qiānmián) (literary, of vegetation) 豐茂／丰茂 (fēngmào)

• (prosperous):

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Synonyms of 茂盛

卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary) 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary) 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary) 旺盛 (wàngshèng) 昌 (chāng) (literary, or in compounds) 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.) 昌盛 (chāngshèng) 昌隆 (chānglóng) 火爆 (huǒbào) 繁盛 (fánshèng) 蓬勃 (péngbó) 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary) 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)

隆盛 (lóngshèng) 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng) 富強／富强 (fùqiáng) 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng) 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì) 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary) 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China) 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng) 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng) 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng) 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)

Antonyms

• (prosperous):

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不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong) 冷淡 (lěngdàn) 清淡 (qīngdàn)

不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì) 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn) 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)