衍 yǎn

overflow, spill over, spread out

HSK 6 #2437

DEFINITIONS

衍 yǎn
  • to spread out
  • to develop
  • to overflow
  • to amplify
  • superfluous

STROKES

衍 stroke order diagram
衍 stroke order animation

WORDS

敷衍 fū yǎn
HSK 6
to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
衍生 yǎn shēng to give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation
敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì to skimp; to work half-heartedly; not to bother
衍生物 yǎn shēng wù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
衍射 yǎn shè diffraction
衍变 yǎn biàn to develop; to evolve
敷衍塞责 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
罗摩衍那 luó mó yǎn nà the Ramayana (Indian epic)
信贷衍生产品 xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn credit derivative (in finance)
信貸衍生產品 xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn credit derivative (in finance)
夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
推衍 tuī yǎn to deduce; to infer; an implication; same as 推演
敷衍塞責 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
沃衍 wò yǎn rich and fertile (soil)
箧衍 qiè yǎn bamboo box
篋衍 qiè yǎn bamboo box
羅摩衍那 luó mó yǎn nà the Ramayana (Indian epic)
胄裔繁衍 zhòu yì fán yǎn Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)
蕃衍 fán yǎn variant of 繁衍[fan2 yan3]
衍伸 yǎn shēn to give rise (to); to spawn; to spread (to)
衍化 yǎn huà to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change
衍射格子 yǎn shè gé zi diffraction grating (physics)
衍射角 yǎn shè jiǎo angle of diffraction (physics)
衍生工具 yǎn shēng gōng jù derivative (finance)
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