泛泛

Chinese

		float; general; vague	float; general; vague
simp. and trad. (泛泛)		泛	泛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànfàn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ faan⁶
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hàm-hàm

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang³ huang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànfàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˋ ㄈㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànfàn
  - Wade–Giles: fan⁴-fan⁴
  - Yale: fàn-fàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fannfann
  - Palladius: фаньфань (fanʹfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵¹⁻⁵³ fän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁶ faan⁶
  - Yale: faahn faahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ faan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ fan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² faːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàm-hàm
  - Tâi-lô: hàm-hàm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: harmhaxm
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ham²¹⁻⁵³ ham²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ham⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ham⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang³ huang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huàng huàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ²¹³/

Adjective

泛泛

common; ordinary
superficial; shallow; skin-deep
泛泛之交 ― fànfànzhījiāo ― nodding acquaintance

Synonyms

(common):

Synonyms of 泛泛

一般 (yībān)
一般子 (Xiang)
凡庸 (fányōng)
平凡 (píngfán)
平常 (píngcháng)
平庸 (píngyōng)
平板 (píngbǎn)

平淡 (píngdàn)
普通 (pǔtōng)
正常 (zhèngcháng)
通常 (tōngcháng)
尋常／寻常 (xúncháng)
簡單／简单 (jiǎndān)

(superficial):

Synonyms of 泛泛

浮泛 (fúfàn)
皮相 (píxiàng) (literary)
鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
浮淺／浮浅 (fúqiǎn)
浮蕩／浮荡 (fúdàng)
淺薄／浅薄 (qiǎnbó)

淺陋／浅陋 (qiǎnlòu)
膚淺／肤浅 (fūqiǎn)
虛浮／虚浮 (xūfú)
譾陋／谫陋 (jiǎnlòu) (literary)
飄浮／飘浮 (piāofú)

Verb

泛泛

(Min Nan) to get by however one can; not to fuss about gains and losses
(Min Nan) be all right; will do

Adverb

泛泛

(Min Nan) quite; rather; fairly; considerably

Derived terms

平平泛泛
泛泛之交 (fànfànzhījiāo)

泛泛之輩／泛泛之辈
泛泛而談／泛泛而谈 (fànfàn'értán)

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