芊綿

Chinese

		green; luxuriant growth	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (芊綿)		芊	綿
simp. (芊绵)		芊	绵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianmián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-mien²
    • Yale: chyān-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianmian
    • Palladius: цяньмянь (cjanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/

Adjective

芊綿

1. (literary, of vegetation) dense

Synonyms

• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 繁茂 (fánmào)
• 肥美 (féiměi)
• 茂 (literary, or in compounds)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 萋萋 (qīqī) (literary)
• 菶菶 (běngběng) (literary)
• 葳蕤 (wēiruí) (literary)
• 豐茂／丰茂 (fēngmào)
• 趒 (Hokkien)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)