衍
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
yǎn yan3
- to spread out
- to develop
- to overflow
- to amplify
- superfluous
Example sentences
HSK words with 衍
More words with 衍
- 衍化 yǎnhuà to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc)
- 衍变 yǎnbiàn to develop
- 衍射 yǎnshè (physics) to diffract
- 推衍 tuīyǎn to deduce
- 铺衍 pùyǎn to spread out widely
- 繁衍 fányǎn to multiply
- 沃衍 wòyǎn rich and fertile (soil)
- 衍伸 yǎnshēn to give rise (to)
- 箧衍 qièyǎn bamboo box
- 衍生物 yǎnshēngwù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)