繁華

See also: 繁华

Chinese

complicated; many; in great numbers
 
flowery; flourishing; magnificent
flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (繁華) 繁 華
simp. (繁华) 繁 华

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 繁 華
Reading # 1/3 1/3
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 附袁切 戸花切
Baxter bjon hwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bʉɐn/ /ɦˠua/
Pan
Wuyun
/bʷiɐn/ /ɦʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuɐn/ /ɣua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buan/ /ɦwaɨ/
Li
Rong
/biuɐn/ /ɣua/
Wang
Li
/bĭwɐn/ /ɣwa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯wɐn/ /ɣwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fán huá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faan4 waa4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繁 華
Reading # 1/1 2/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
fán huá
Middle
Chinese
‹ bjon › ‹ hwæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*[b]ar/ /*N-qʷʰˁra/
English abundant, numerous flower (v.); flowery (adj.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繁 華
Reading # 3/3 2/3
No. 2951 5312
Phonetic
component
緐 華
Rime
group
元 魚
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
煩 華
Old
Chinese
/*ban/ /*ɡʷraː/
Notes 說文作緐 說文於聲

Adjective

繁華

  1. lively; bustling; busy
    繁華街市/繁华街市  ―  fánhuá jiēshì  ―  busy street
  2. (literary) beautiful
  3. (literary) luxurious; lavish; extravagant
  4. (literary) wealthy and respectable (in terms of social status)

Synonyms

  • (lively):
  • (beautiful):
  • (luxurious):
  • (wealthy and respectable):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “lively”):

Noun

繁華

  1. (literary) glory and splendor
  2. (literary, figurative) youth; adolescence; youthfulness; prime of one's life

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 繁華世界/繁华世界
  • 繁華損枝/繁华损枝
  • 繁華街/繁华街 (fánhuájiē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁 華
はん
Grade: S
か
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
繁華 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

繁(はん)華(か) • (hanka) ←はんくわ (fankwa)?-na (adnominal 繁(はん)華(か)な (hanka na), adverbial 繁(はん)華(か)に (hanka ni))

  1. bustling

Inflection

Derived terms

Noun

繁(はん)華(か) • (hanka) ←はんくわ (fankwa)?

  1. bustle

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
繁華

Noun

繁華 • (beonhwa) (hangeul 번화)

  1. Hanja form? of 번화 (“bustle; prosperity; liveliness”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
繁華

Adjective

繁華

  1. chữ Hán form of phồn hoa (“bustling; prosper”).
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