泛 fàn

1. fàn verb to drift; to float
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This character is also an archaic variant of 汎 (CC-CEDICT '泛'; Guoyu '泛' v 1; Kroll 2015 '泛' 1, p. 107; Unihan '泛')
2. fàn adjective careless; reckless
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '泛')
3. fàn adjective not constant; fluctuating
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '泛' adj; Kroll 2015 '泛' 2, p. 107)
4. fàn verb use a zither technique to produce harmonics
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '泛' 3, p. 107)
5. fàn verb universally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 普遍 (CC-CEDICT '泛'; Guoyu '泛' adv; Kroll 2015 '泛' 4, p. 107)
6. fěng verb to topple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '泛' fěng v 1; Kroll 2015 '泛' fěng, p. 107)
7. fàn verb to manifest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '泛' v 2)
8. fěng verb to be defeated
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '泛' fěng v 2)

Contained in

• 浮家泛宅 to live on a boat; to drift from place to place
• 泛起 to appear; to emerge; to surface
• 泛泛之交 nodding acquaintance; slight familiarity
• 广泛(廣泛) extensive; wide range
• 泛灵论(泛靈論) animism
• 学海泛舟(學海泛舟) sailing on the sea of learning
• 泛大陆(泛大陸) Pangea
• 泛泛而谈(泛泛而談) to speak in general terms
• 泛舟 to go boating
• 泛滥成灾(泛濫成災) a flood causes disaster
• 泛指(汎指) to mean broadly; to usually indicate
• 浮泛 to float about; (of a feeling) to show on the face; (of speech, friendship etc) shallow; vague
• 泛珠江三角 the Pan-Pearl river delta
• 泛自然神论(泛自然神論) pandeism
• 泛滥(泛濫) to overflow the banks; to inundate; to spread unchecked
• 泛函分析 functional analysis
• 广泛性焦虑症(廣泛性焦慮症) generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
• 泛称(泛稱) a general term
• 超泛神论(超泛神論) panentheism, theological theory of God as equal to the Universe while transcending it
• 泛民主派 pan-Democratic alliance
• 灵泛(靈泛) nimble; agile
• 空泛 vague and general; not specific; shallow; empty
• 泛红(泛紅) to blush; to redden; flushed
• 泛神论(汎神論) Pantheism ; pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
• 泛光灯(泛光燈) floodlight
• 活泛 flexible; adaptable
• 泛览(泛覽) to read extensively
• 宽泛(寬泛) wide-ranging
• 泛白 to be suffused with white; to be discolored; to blanch
• 泛读(泛讀) extensive reading
• 泛代数(泛代數) universal algebra
• 泛大洋 Panthalassis
• 泛音 overtone; a harmonic
• 错误思想到处泛滥(錯誤思想到處泛濫) wrong ideas spreading unchecked everywhere
• 泛酸 pantothenic acid; vitamin B5; to surge up (of acid in the stomach)
• 松泛(鬆泛) relaxed
• 广泛影响(廣泛影響) wide ranging influence

Also contained in

泛珠三角 、 泛美

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷八十 志第三十三 律曆十三 Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
• 卷七十八 志第三十一 律曆十一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Measures and Calendar 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 33
• 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷五十七　志第九:　　曆六 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Calendar 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 28
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 26
• 卷五十五　志第七:　　曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 23
• 卷六十一 志第十四 五行一上 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Five Elements 1a History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 21
• 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 21

Collocations

• 泛泛 (泛泛) 泛泛乎不知所止 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 10
• 泛爱 (泛愛) 泛愛蒸庶 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十五 蒯伍江息夫傳 Volume 45: Kuai , Wu, Jiang and Xifu — count: 9
• 泛溢 (泛溢) 洪水泛溢 — Xunzi 荀子, 成相篇第二十五 Chapter 25: Working Songs — count: 8
• 泛海 (泛海) 皆從東冶泛海而至 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十三 朱馮虞鄭周列傳 Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou — count: 7
• 泛观 (泛觀) 於是乎周覽泛觀 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 2
• 泛及 (泛及) 尉犁王泛及北鞬支等三十人相率詣超 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十七 班梁列傳 Volume 47: Biographies of Ban, Liang — count: 2
• 泛胜 (泛勝) 泛勝之書曰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十九 劉趙淳于江劉周趙列傳 Volume 39: Biographies of Liu, Zhao, Chunyu, Jiang, Liu, Zhou, Zhao — count: 2
• 泛论 (泛論) 泛論物理 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十二 吳書七 張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu — count: 2
• 泛溺 (泛溺) 遂無泛溺之患 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十八 虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang — count: 2
• 览泛 (覽泛) 於是乎周覽泛觀 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 2