Chinese Notes

衍 yǎn

yǎn verb to overflow; to spill over
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '衍'; Guoyu '衍' v 1; Unihan '衍')
yǎn verb to spread out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '衍'; Guoyu '衍' v 2; Unihan '衍')
yǎn adjective surplus
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '衍'; Guoyu '衍' adj)

金融衍生产品(金融衍生產品) financial derivative
敷衍塞责(敷衍塞責) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
衍生产品(衍生產品) derivative product; derivative (in finance)
信贷衍生产品(信貸衍生產品) credit derivative
邹衍(鄒衍) Zou Yan
沃衍 rich and fertile (soil)
衍生工具 derivative
衍射角 angle of diffraction
蕃衍 to multiply; to reproduce
繁衍 to multiply; to reproduce
衍射格子 diffraction grating
胄裔繁衍 Descendants are great in numbers.
大衍历(大衍曆) Dayan calendar; Daien; Taien calendar
衍生物 a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
蔓衍 to spread; to extend
衍伸 to give rise (to); to spawn; to spread (to)
衍声复词(衍聲複詞) compound word whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi
衍变(衍變) to develop; to evolve
敷衍 to elaborate; to expound; to act in a perfunctory way
衍化 to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change
衍生 to give rise to; to derive
铺衍(鋪衍) to spread out widely; to disseminate
衍射 diffraction
敷衍了事 to do halfheartedly; to execute a task poorly
衍圣公(衍聖公) hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
箧衍(篋衍) bamboo case
推衍 to deduce; to infer; an implication
金融衍生工具 financial derivative

Truncated for common words

垣衍 (垣衍) 魏王使客將軍新垣衍閒入邯鄲 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魯仲連鄒陽列傳》 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang — count: 15
公孙衍 (公孫衍) 公孫衍 — Mencius 孟子, 滕文公下 Teng Wen Gong II — count: 9
衍曰 (衍曰) 胡衍曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樗里子甘茂列傳》 Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao — count: 9
驺衍 (騶衍) 騶衍以陰陽主運顯於諸侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies — count: 8
中衍 (中衍) 中衍人面鳥喙 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 6
胡衍 (胡衍) 請胡衍 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樗里子甘茂列傳》 Biographies of Shu Lizi and Gan Mao — count: 5
坟衍 (墳衍) 墳衍 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 5
公衍 (公衍) 公賜公衍羔裘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
杜衍 (杜衍) 封王翳為杜衍侯 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 3
衍氏 (衍氏) 楊端和攻衍氏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 3