紛紜

Chinese

		numerous; disorderly	numerous
trad. (紛紜)		紛	紜
simp. (纷纭)		纷	纭
alternative forms		紛云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenyún
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-yün²
    • Yale: fēn-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenyun
    • Palladius: фэньюнь (fɛnʹjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ wan⁴
    • Yale: fān wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjun hjun

Rime
Character	紛	紜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	撫文切	王分切
Baxter	phjun	hjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨun/	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiun/	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuən/	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰun/	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/pʰiuən/	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuən/	/ɣĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uən/	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēn	yún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1	wan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯn  ɢun/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	紛	紜
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3155	16362
Phonetic component	分	云
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	芬	雲
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯn/	/*ɢun/
Notes	撫由府校改

Adjective

紛紜

1. (ideophonic) diverse and muddled

   • 有人問：世界上什麼東西的氣力最大？回答紛紜得很，有的說「象」，有的說「獅」，有人開玩笑似的說：是「金剛」。 [MSC, trad.]
     有人问：世界上什么东西的气力最大？回答纷纭得很，有的说「象」，有的说「狮」，有人开玩笑似的说：是「金刚」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 夏衍 (Xia Yan), 野草 (Weeds)

     Yǒu rén wèn: Shìjiè shàng shénme dōngxi de qìlì zuì dà? Huídá fēnyún de hěn, yǒude shuō “xiàng”, yǒude shuō “shī”, yǒu rén kāi wánxiào shìde shuō: shì “Jīngāng”. [Pinyin]

     Some have posed the question: what is the most powerful thing in the world? Answers are diverse - some say the elephant, some say the lion, and some people seemingly jokingly say King Kong.

Synonyms

• 紛紛／纷纷 (fēnfēn)
• 紛繁／纷繁 (fēnfán)
• 紛雜／纷杂 (fēnzá) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 眾口紛紜／众口纷纭
• 眾說紛紜／众说纷纭 (zhòngshuō-fēnyún)
• 眾議紛紜／众议纷纭
• 紛紜雜沓／纷纭杂沓
• 聚訟紛紜／聚讼纷纭
• 議論紛紜／议论纷纭

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (紛紜):

• → Japanese: 紛紜(ふんうん) (fun'un); 紛紜(ふんぬん) (funnun)
• → Vietnamese: phân vân (紛紜)