Meaning
to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yan” becomes a different word in each tone. 衍 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 敷衍fū yǎnto elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp
- 衍生yǎn shēngto give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation
- 衍化yǎn huàto evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change
- 衍变yǎn biànto develop; to evolve
- 推衍tuī yǎnto deduce; to infer; an implication; same as 推演
Example Sentence
“繁衍”的意思是不断地生长、繁殖。“Fán yǎn” de yì si shì bú duàn de shēng zhǎng, fán zhí.The word fanyan means to grow and reproduce continuously.
“繁衍“Fán yǎn”to multiply”的deof意思yì siidea是shìis不断bú duànunceasing地de(adverb marker)生长shēng zhǎngto grow、繁殖fán zhíto breed。