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泛 (汎，氾)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

泛 [fàn]
  1. 1. verb [漂浮] float
  2. 2. verb [透出] suffuse
    他脸上泛红。
    He blushed.
  3. 3. verb [泛滥] flood
  4. 4. adverb [泛滥] superficially

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

泛 [fàn]
  1. 1. verb [literary expression] float
    泛舟西湖
    go boating on the West Lake
    我们泛舟西湖，享受美好人生。
  2. 2. verb drift out; spread out
    从厨房里泛出阵阵香味。
    Delicious aromas wafted out of the kitchen.
    她的脸色黑里泛红。
    She has a tanned and glowing face.
    脸上泛出红晕
    with one's cheeks suffused with blushes
    臭水沟泛出阵阵腐臭，令人作呕。
    他泛红着脸，害羞地点点头。
    他的脸黑中泛青，好像是生病了。
  3. 3. verb flood; inundate
    黄泛区
    areas formerly flooded by the Huanghe River; the Yellow River Inundated Area
  4. 4. adjective extensive; general; nonspecific
    泛读
    extensive reading

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

泛 [fàn]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 在水上漂浮
    泛舟秦淮河
    沉渣泛起
  2. 2. 形 一般;不深入
    空泛
    浮泛
    泛泛而谈
  3. 3. 动 透出;漾出
    泛红
    泛黄
    东方泛出鱼肚白
    胃里直泛酸水
  4. 4. 动 江河湖泊的水漫溢出来
    泛滥成灾
    黄泛区
  5. 5. 形 广泛;普遍
    宽泛
    泛指
    泛通经史
See more results for 泛 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

锅里泛着很多白沫，快拿勺来把它舀出来。 → 白沫
堆在墙角麦秆儿很多都还泛了绿色。 → 麦秆儿
泛通经史 → 泛
这钱等你手头活泛了再还。 → 活泛
Her cheeks have a rosy glow and pinkish hue.
她的双颊泛着玫瑰色的光泽。 → cheek

Character Decomposition

氵
[shuǐ]		 + 乏
[fá]

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