繁華

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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/
Bernhard
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 		/*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. * 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

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

Inflection of 繁華
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 繁華だろ はんかだろ hanka daro
Continuative (連用形) 繁華で はんかで hanka de
Terminal (終止形) 繁華だ はんかだ hanka da
Attributive (連体形) 繁華な はんかな hanka na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 繁華なら はんかなら hanka nara
Imperative (命令形) 繁華であれ はんかであれ hanka de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 繁華ではない
繁華じゃない 		はんかではない
はんかじゃない 		hanka de wa nai
hanka ja nai
Informal past 繁華だった はんかだった hanka datta
Informal negative past 繁華ではなかった
繁華じゃなかった 		はんかではなかった
はんかじゃなかった 		hanka de wa nakatta
hanka ja nakatta
Formal 繁華です はんかです hanka desu
Formal negative 繁華ではありません
繁華じゃありません 		はんかではありません
はんかじゃありません 		hanka de wa arimasen
hanka ja arimasen
Formal past 繁華でした はんかでした hanka deshita
Formal negative past 繁華ではありませんでした
繁華じゃありませんでした 		はんかではありませんでした
はんかじゃありませんでした 		hanka de wa arimasen deshita
hanka ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 繁華で はんかで hanka de
Conditional 繁華なら（ば） はんかなら（ば） hanka nara (ba)
Provisional 繁華だったら はんかだったら hanka dattara
Volitional 繁華だろう はんかだろう hanka darō
Adverbial 繁華に はんかに hanka ni
Degree 繁華さ はんかさ hankasa

Derived terms

Noun

繁(はん)華(か) • (hanka) ←はんくわ (fankwa)?

  1. bustle

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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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