# 敷衍
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fūyǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$ hin$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-ián
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fūyǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fuyǎn
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^1$-yen$^3$
*** Yale: fū-yǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuyean
*** Palladius: фуянь (fujanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$ hin$^2$
*** Yale: fū hín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$ hin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$ hin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-ián
*** Tâi-lô: hu-ián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hu'iern
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴¹/

### Verb

敷衍
* to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions
* to have enough to barely get by; to just manage on one's own
* to treat something lightly
* to elaborate on a theme
* to expound (the meaning of the classics)
* (archaic) to spread; to disseminate
* (archaic) to perform

#### Synonyms

* (to do a perfunctory job):
* 塞責／塞责 (sèzé)
* 應付／应付
* 挩／捝 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 搪塞 (tángsè)
* 走過場／走过场 (zǒuguòchǎng)

#### Derived terms

* 敷衍了事 (fūyǎnliǎoshì)
* 敷衍塞責／敷衍塞责 (fūyǎnsèzé)
* 敷衍搪塞 (fūyǎntángsè)
* 敷衍故事

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 敷 | 衍 |
| ふ Grade: S | えん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 布衍 敷延

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふえん [fùéń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

敷(ふ)衍(えん) • (fuen)
* amplification, elaboration

### Verb

敷(ふ)衍(えん)する • (fuen suru) transitive suru (stem 敷(ふ)衍(えん)し (fuen shi), past 敷(ふ)衍(えん)した (fuen shita))
* to amplify, to elaborate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 敷衍し | ふえんし | fuen shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 敷衍し | ふえんし | fuen shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 敷衍する | ふえんする | fuen suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 敷衍する | ふえんする | fuen suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 敷衍すれ | ふえんすれ | fuen sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 敷衍せよ¹ 敷衍しろ² | ふえんせよ¹ ふえんしろ² | fuen seyo¹ fuen shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 敷衍される | ふえんされる | fuen sareru |
| Causative | 敷衍させる 敷衍さす | ふえんさせる ふえんさす | fuen saseru fuen sasu |
| Potential | 敷衍できる | ふえんできる | fuen dekiru |
| Volitional | 敷衍しよう | ふえんしよう | fuen shiyō |
| Negative | 敷衍しない | ふえんしない | fuen shinai |
| Negative continuative | 敷衍せず | ふえんせず | fuen sezu |
| Formal | 敷衍します | ふえんします | fuen shimasu |
| Perfective | 敷衍した | ふえんした | fuen shita |
| Conjunctive | 敷衍して | ふえんして | fuen shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 敷衍すれば | ふえんすれば | fuen sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 敷 | 衍 |

### Noun

敷衍 • (buyeon) (hangeul 부연)
* hanja form of 부연

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 敷 | 衍 |

### Noun

敷衍
* chữ Hán form of phô diễn (“to express”).