氾〔泛〕 {fàn}

1. to float
2. to be suffused with
3. general
4. extensive
5. non-specific
6. flood
7. pan- (prefix)

汎〔泛〕 {fàn}

1. to float
2. to be suffused with
3. general
4. extensive
5. non-specific
6. flood
7. pan- (prefix)

泛 faan³ {fàn}

1. to float
2. to be suffused with
3. general
4. extensive
5. non-specific
6. flood
7. pan- (prefix)

泛泛 faan³ faan³ {fàn fàn}

general; superficial; no depth

氾濫〔泛滥〕 faan³ laam⁶ {fàn làn}

flooding; spreading; overflowing

泛民 faan³ man⁴ {fàn mín}

pro-democracy

泛白 faan³ baak⁶ {fàn bái}

1. to be suffused with white
2. to be discolored
3. to blanch

泛稱〔-称〕 faan³ cing¹ {fàn chēng}

general term

泛讀〔-读〕 faan³ duk⁶ {fàn dú}

extensive reading

泛紅〔-红〕 faan³ hung⁴ {fàn hóng}

1. to blush
2. to redden
3. flushed

泛音 faan³ jam¹ {fàn yīn}

1. overtone
2. a harmonic

泛濫〔-滥〕 faan³ laam⁶ {fàn làn}

1. to be in flood
2. to overflow (the banks)
3. to inundate
4. to spread unchecked

泛酸 faan³ syun¹ {fàn suān}

1. pantothenic acid
2. vitamin B5
3. to surge up (of acid in the stomach)

泛舟 faan³ zau¹ {fàn zhōu}

to go boating

泛指 faan³ zi² {fàn zhǐ}

1. to make a general reference
2. to be used in a general sense

泛大洋 faan³ daai⁶ joeng⁴ {fàn dà yáng}

Panthalassis (geology)

泛大陸〔--陆〕 faan³ daai⁶ luk⁶ {fàn dà lù}

Pangea (geology)

泛代數〔--数〕 faan³ doi⁶ sou³ {fàn dài shù}

universal algebra

泛光燈〔--灯〕 faan³ gwong¹ dang¹ {fàn guāng dēng}

floodlight

泛神論〔--论〕 faan³ san⁴ leon⁶ {fàn shén lùn}

pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe

泛泛而談〔---谈〕 faan³ faan³ ji⁴ taam⁴ {fàn fàn ér tán}

to speak in general terms

泛泛之交 faan³ faan³ zi¹ gaau¹ {fàn fàn zhī jiāo}

1. nodding acquaintance
2. slight familiarity

泛函分析 faan³ haam⁴ fan¹ sik¹ {fàn hán fēn xī}

(math.) functional analysis

泛濫成災〔-滥-灾〕 faan³ laam⁶ sing⁴ zoi¹ {fàn làn chéng zāi}

flood causes disaster (idiom); fig. swamped with work

泛民主派 faan³ man⁴ zyu² paai³ {fàn mín zhǔ pài}

pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)

泛珠三角 faan³ zyu¹ saam¹ gok³ {fàn zhū sān jiǎo}

1. Pan-Pearl River delta
2. The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta
3. South China

泛自然神論〔----论〕 faan³ zi⁶ jin⁴ san⁴ leon⁶ {fàn zì rán shén lùn}

pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it

泛珠江三角 faan³ zyu¹ gong¹ saam¹ gok³ {fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo}

the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)