敷衍

Chinese

		announce; apply	to spread out; to develop; to overflow to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify
trad. (敷衍)		敷	衍
simp. #(敷衍)		敷	衍
alternative forms		敷演

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ hin²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-ián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-yen³
    • Yale: fū-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuyean
    • Palladius: фуянь (fujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ hin²
    • Yale: fū hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-ián
    • Tâi-lô: hu-ián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'iern
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴¹/

Verb

敷衍

1. to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions
2. to have enough to barely get by; to just manage on one's own
3. to treat something lightly
4. to elaborate on a theme
5. to expound (the meaning of the classics)
6. (archaic) to spread; to disseminate
7. (archaic) to perform

Synonyms

• (to do a perfunctory job):

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• 塞責 / 塞责 (sèzé)
• 應付 / 应付
• 挩 / 捝 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 搪塞 (tángsè)
• 走過場 / 走过场 (zǒuguòchǎng)

Derived terms

• 敷衍了事 (fūyǎnliǎoshì)
• 敷衍塞責 / 敷衍塞责 (fūyǎnsèzé)
• 敷衍搪塞 (fūyǎntángsè)
• 敷衍故事

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敷	衍
ふ Grade: S	えん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
布衍 敷延

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふえん [fùéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

敷(ふ)衍(えん) • (fuen) ^{←ふえん (fuen)?}

1. amplification, elaboration

Verb

敷(ふ)衍(えん)する • (fuen suru) ^{←ふえん (fuen)?}transitive suru (stem 敷(ふ)衍(えん)し (fuen shi), past 敷(ふ)衍(えん)した (fuen shita))

1. to amplify, to elaborate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "敷衍する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	敷衍し	ふえんし	fuen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	敷衍し	ふえんし	fuen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	敷衍する	ふえんする	fuen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	敷衍する	ふえんする	fuen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	敷衍すれ	ふえんすれ	fuen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	敷衍せよ¹ 敷衍しろ²	ふえんせよ¹ ふえんしろ²	fuen seyo¹ fuen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	敷衍される	ふえんされる	fuen sareru
Causative	敷衍させる 敷衍さす	ふえんさせる ふえんさす	fuen saseru fuen sasu
Potential	敷衍できる	ふえんできる	fuen dekiru
Volitional	敷衍しよう	ふえんしよう	fuen shiyō
Negative	敷衍しない	ふえんしない	fuen shinai
Negative continuative	敷衍せず	ふえんせず	fuen sezu
Formal	敷衍します	ふえんします	fuen shimasu
Perfective	敷衍した	ふえんした	fuen shita
Conjunctive	敷衍して	ふえんして	fuen shite
Hypothetical conditional	敷衍すれば	ふえんすれば	fuen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “敷^▲衍”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
敷	衍

Noun

敷衍 • (buyeon) (hangeul 부연)

1. hanja form^? of 부연

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
敷	衍

Noun

敷衍

1. chữ Hán form of phô diễn (“to express”)