紛紛ふんぷん

See also: 纷纷

Chinese

		numerous; disorderly	numerous; disorderly
trad. (紛紛ふんぷん)		紛まがえ	紛まがえ
simp. (纷纷)		纷	纷

Etymology

Ideophonic: A reduplication of 紛まがえ (OC *pʰɯn, “silk ribbon; disordered, confused → numerous”). Attested in Guanzi and Mengzi, meaning "disorderly, confused". Possibly cognate with 煩はん (OC *ban, “annoyed; numerous”), 繁しげる (OC *baːl, *baːn, *ban, “numerous”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ fan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-fûn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hun-hun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenfen
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-fên¹
    • Yale: fēn-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenfen
    • Palladius: фэньфэнь (fɛnʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ fan¹
    • Yale: fān fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-fûn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ fun^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ fun²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-hun
    • Tâi-lô: hun-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hung¹ hung¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung hung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ huŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjun phjun

Rime
Character	紛まがえ
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	滂 (2)
Final (韻いん)	文ぶん (59)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	撫なで文ぶん切きり
Baxter	phjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiun/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰun/
Li Rong	/pʰiuən/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯn  pʰɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紛まがえ
Reading #	1/1
No.	3155
Phonetic component	分ぶん
Rime group	文ぶん
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	芬
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯn/
Notes	撫なで由ゆかり府ふ校こう改あらため

Adjective

紛紛ふんぷん

1. (ideophonic) numerous and confused; in droves; in great numbers

Synonyms

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• 紛まがえ紜／纷纭 (fēnyún)
• 紛まがえ繁しげる／纷繁 (fēnfán)
• 紛まがえ雜ざつ／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 亂らん紛紛ふんぷん／乱らん纷纷
• 土ど雨う紛紛ふんぷん／土ど雨う纷纷
• 湎湎紛紛ふんぷん／湎湎纷纷
• 碎紛紛ふんぷん／碎纷纷
• 紛紛ふんぷん不一ふいつ／纷纷不一ふいつ
• 紛紛ふんぷん嚷嚷／纷纷嚷嚷
• 紛紛ふんぷん揚揚ようよう／纷纷扬扬 (fēnfēnyángyáng)
• 紛紛ふんぷん擁よう擁よう／纷纷拥拥
• 紛紛ふんぷん擾擾／纷纷扰扰
• 紛紛ふんぷん攘攘／纷纷攘攘
• 紛紛ふんぷん洋洋ようよう／纷纷洋洋ようよう
• 紛紛ふんぷん穰みのる穰みのる／纷纷穰みのる穰みのる
• 紛紛ふんぷん籍せき籍せき／纷纷籍せき籍せき
• 紛紛ふんぷん翼翼よくよく／纷纷翼翼よくよく
• 紛紛ふんぷん議論ぎろん／纷纷议论
• 紛紛ふんぷん鬧鬧／纷纷闹闹
• 膠にかわ膠にかわ紛紛ふんぷん／胶胶纷纷
• 議論ぎろん紛紛ふんぷん／议论纷纷 (yìlùnfēnfēn)
• 郁郁いくいく紛紛ふんぷん
• 鬧紛紛ふんぷん／闹纷纷

 

Adverb

紛紛ふんぷん

1. (ideophonic) one after another; in succession

Synonyms

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• 一連いちれん／一いち连 (yīlián)
• 不斷ふだん／不断ふだん (bùduàn)
• 先後せんご／先さき后きさき (xiānhòu)
• 前後ぜんご／前ぜん后きさき (qiánhòu)
• 勿斷／勿断 (⁸veq-doe) (Wu)
• 接せっ連れん／接せっ连 (jiēlián)
• 接せっ連れん不斷ふだん／接せっ连不断ふだん (jiēliánbùduàn)
• 沓くつ沓くつ (Hokkien)
• 直ちょく透とおる (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相あい繼つぎ／相あい继 (xiāngjì)
• 絡からま繹／络绎 (luòyì) (literary)
• 連れん／连
• 連れん紲きずな／连绁 (Hokkien)
• 連續れんぞく／连续 (liánxù)
• 連れん連れん／连连 (liánlián)
• 陸續りくぞく／陆续 (lùxù)
• 陸陸ろくろく續續ぞくぞく／陆陆续续 (lùlùxùxù)