繽紛

See also: 缤纷

Chinese

		helter-skelter; mixed colours; in confusion	numerous; disorderly
trad. (繽紛)		繽	紛
simp. (缤纷)		缤	纷
alternative forms		鑌芬／镔芬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹ fan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pin-hun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binfen
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹-fên¹
    • Yale: bīn-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binfen
    • Palladius: биньфэнь (binʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban¹ fan¹
    • Yale: bān fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-hun
    • Tâi-lô: pin-hun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinhwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³ hun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phjin phjun

Rime
Character	繽	紛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	匹賓切	撫文切
Baxter	phjin	phjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiɪn/	/pʰɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰin/	/pʰiun/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjen/	/pʰiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰin/	/pʰun/
Li Rong	/pʰiĕn/	/pʰiuən/
Wang Li	/pʰĭĕn/	/pʰĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ĕn/	/pʰi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pīn	fēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan1	fan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰin  pʰɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繽	紛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	848	3155
Phonetic component	賓	分
Rime group	眞	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	繽	芬
Old Chinese	/*pʰin/	/*pʰɯn/
Notes		撫由府校改

Adjective

繽紛

1. (literary) in riotous profusion
2. (literary) flourishing; thriving

   • 芳草鮮美，落英繽紛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     芳草鲜美，落英缤纷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 晉．陶淵明《桃花源記》

     Fāngcǎo xiānměi, luòyīng bīnfēn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 只見園中香煙繚繞，花彩繽紛，處處燈光相映，時時細樂聲喧，說不盡這太平氣象，富貴風流。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     只见园中香烟缭绕，花彩缤纷，处处灯光相映，时时细乐声喧，说不尽这太平气象，富贵风流。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Zhǐjiàn yuán zhōng xiāngyān liáorào, huā cǎi bīnfēn, chùchù dēngguāng xiàng yìng, shíshí xìyuè shēng xuān, shuō bùjìn zhè tàipíng qìxiàng, fùguì fēngliú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (thriving):

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• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
• 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 昌隆 (chānglóng)
• 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
• 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “thriving”):

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• 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 清淡 (qīngdàn)
• 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

 

Derived terms

• 七彩繽紛／七彩缤纷
• 五彩繽紛／五彩缤纷 (wǔcǎibīnfēn)
• 五色繽紛／五色缤纷
• 色彩繽紛／色彩缤纷
• 花影繽紛／花影缤纷
• 落英繽紛／落英缤纷

 

References

• “Entry #19270”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繽	紛
ひん Hyōgai	ふん > ぷん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひんぷん [hìńpúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çĩmpɯ̟̃ɴ]

Adjective

繽(ひん)紛(ぷん) • (hinpun) ^†-tari (adnominal 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)とした (hinpun to shita) or 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)たる (hinpun taru), adverbial 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)と (hinpun to) or 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)として (hinpun to shite))

1. (literary) of many small things, lying around scattered and jumbled