Chinese Word: 蔓 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蔓Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 艸

Ideographic:A long 曼 plant 艹 ; 曼 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 曼 [ màn ] long, extended, vast; beautiful

Similar Characters: 慢漫馒幔

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Pinyin: màn

English Definition:creeper; to spread

Chinese Definition:
①用本义。［例］青树翠蔓。——唐·柳宗元《至小丘西小石潭记》。［例］丹藤翠蔓。——宋·陆游《过小孤山大孤山》。［例］蔓广则歧多，歧多则饶子。——《齐民要术·种瓜》。［例］兔丝附蓬麻，引蔓故不长。——杜甫《新婚别》。

Example Words:

蔓延HSK 6	màn yán	to extend; to spread
枝蔓	zhī màn	branches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive
蔓生	màn shēng	trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown
滋蔓	zī màn	to grow and spread
藤蔓	téng màn	vine; also pr. [teng2 wan4]

Pinyin: mán

English Definition:turnip; Brassica campestris

Example Words:

turnip; wild cabbage

1		qiáng shàng 墙上 pān 攀 chán zhe 缠着 liǎng zhòng 两种 téng màn 藤蔓。 Two vines intertwined over the wall.
2		zhè 这 piàn 片 tǔ di 土地 shàng 上 bù mǎn 布满 le 了 màn cǎo 蔓草。 The land was covered with vines and wild grass.
3		zhè zhǒng 这种 jí bìng 疾病 shì 是 tōng guò 通过 fēi mò 飞沫 chuán rǎn 传染 de 的， suǒ yǐ 所以 yào 要 jí shí 及时 cǎi qǔ 采取 cuò shī 措施 fáng zhǐ 防止 yì qíng 疫情 màn yán 蔓延。 This disease is transmitted through droplets, so measures should be taken in time to prevent the spread of the epidemic.