Chinese Word Entry

欣欣向榮

Simplified Chinese form: 欣欣向荣

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): xīn xīn xiàng róng
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan1 jan1 hoeng3 wing4
Definitions:
  1. (idiom) flourishing

  2. thriving


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Chinese characters used in this word

take pleasure in, rejoice, happy, joyous, delighted
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn)
Cantonese: jan1
Japanese: キン (kin)、 ゴン (gon)、 コン (kon) / よろこ.ぶ (yorokobu)、 よろこ.び (yorokobi)
Korean: 흔 (heun)
Vietnamese: hân
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach, toward, direction, trend
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ (xiàng)
Cantonese: hoeng3
Japanese: コウ (kou)、 キョウ (kyou)、 ショウ (shou) / む.く (muku)、 む.い (mui)、 -む.き (-muki)、 む.ける (mukeru)、 -む.け (-muke)、 む.かう (mukau)、 む.かい (mukai)、 む.こう (mukou)、 む.こう- (mukou-)、 むこ (muko)、 さきに (sakini)
Korean: 향 (hyang), 상 (sang)
Vietnamese: hướng
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

flourish, prosperity, honour, glory, splendour, honor, prosper
Readings
Mandarin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ (róng)
Cantonese: wing4
Japanese: エイ (ei)、 ヨウ (you) / さか.える (sakaeru)、 は.える (haeru)、 え (e)、 はえ (hae)
Korean: 영 (yeong)
Vietnamese: vinh
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