擴散

See also: 扩散 and 拡散

Chinese

		enlarge	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (擴散)		擴	散
simp. (扩散)		扩	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuòsàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwok³ saan³ / kong³ saan³ / kwong³ saan³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khok-sàn / khok-sòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuang³ suan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuòsàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuòsàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴-san⁴
    • Yale: kwò-sàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuohsann
    • Palladius: косань (kosanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwok³ saan³ / kong³ saan³ / kwong³ saan³
    • Yale: kwok saan / kong saan / kwong saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwok⁸ saan³ / kong³ saan³ / kwong³ saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuog³ san³ / kong³ san³ / kuong³ san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːk̚³ saːn³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³ saːn³³/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ saːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-sàn
    • Tâi-lô: khok-sàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoksaxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ san¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ san²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ san⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ san²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khok-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoksvoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ suã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuang³ suan²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuàng suáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sũã⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

擴散

1. to spread; to diffuse; to proliferate; to scatter about
2. (physics, chemistry, of molecules or atoms) to diffuse
3. (medicine, of tumour) to spread; to metastasise

Derived terms

• 核擴散／核扩散 (hékuòsàn)

 

Related terms

• 擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
• 蔓延 (mànyán)
• 散布 (sànbù)
• 延伸 (yánshēn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
擴	散
かく Hyōgaiji	さん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

擴(かく)散(さん) • (kakusan) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 拡散 (“diffusion, scattering, spread”)

Verb

擴(かく)散(さん)する • (kakusan suru) intransitive suru (stem 擴(かく)散(さん)し (kakusan shi), past 擴(かく)散(さん)した (kakusan shita))

1. Kyūjitai form of 拡散 (“to scatter, to spread”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
擴	散

Noun

擴散 • (hwaksan) (hangeul 확산)

1. Hanja form^? of 확산 (“spreading; dissemination; diffusion”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
擴	散

Noun

擴散

1. chữ Hán form of khuếch tán (“diffusion”).

Verb

擴散

1. chữ Hán form of khuếch tán (“to diffuse”).

Adjective

擴散

1. chữ Hán form of khuếch tán (“diffusive”).