繁瑣

See also: 繁琐

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	fragmentary; trifling
trad. (繁瑣)		繁	瑣
simp. (繁琐)		繁	琐
alternative forms		煩瑣／烦琐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ so²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-só

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánsuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-so³
    • Yale: fán-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnsuoo
    • Palladius: фаньсо (fanʹso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 煩瑣／烦琐 繁瑣／繁琐

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ so²
    • Yale: fàahn só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ sɔː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 煩瑣／烦琐 繁瑣／繁琐

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-só
    • Tâi-lô: huân-só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² so⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² so⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

繁瑣

1. complicated and tedious; overloaded with details; cumbersome

Synonyms

• 冗 (rǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 龐雜／庞杂 (pángzá)
• 曲折 (qūzhé)
• 繁雜／繁杂 (fánzá)
• 繁難／繁难 (fánnán)
• 複雜／复杂

 

Derived terms

• 繁瑣哲學／繁琐哲学