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Etymology
Ideophonic and adverbial: A reduplication of 紛 (fēn, Old Chinese *pʰɯn (Zhengzhang Shangfang), "silk ribbon; disordered, confused → numerous"). Attested in Guanzi and Mengzi, meaning "disorderly, confused". Possibly cognate with 煩 (fán, Old Chinese *ban, "annoyed; numerous"), 繁 (fán, Old Chinese *ban, "numerous").
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄈㄣ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenfen
- IPA (key): /fən⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fan1 fan1
- Yale: fān fān
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan1 fan1
- IPA (key): /fɐn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-fûn
- Hakka Romanization System: fun´ fun´
- Hagfa Pinyim: fun1 fun1
- IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ fun²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-hun
- Tâi-lô: hun-hun
- Phofsit Daibuun: hunhwn
- IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ hun³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)