# 分散
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēnsàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄙㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fan$^1$ saan$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-san
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-sàn / pun-sòaⁿ / hun-sòaⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēnsàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄙㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fensàn
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^1$-san$^4$
*** Yale: fēn-sàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fensann
*** Palladius: фэньсань (fɛnʹsanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵⁵ sän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^1$ saan$^3$
*** Yale: fān saan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^1$ saan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^1$ san$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn⁵⁵ saːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-san
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˊ$ san
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^1$ san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-sàn
*** Tâi-lô: hun-sàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hunsaxn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ san⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² san²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ san¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ san²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-sòaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: pun-suànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: punsvoax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ suã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-sòaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hun-suànn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hunsvoax
*** IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/

### Verb

分散
* to disperse; to scatter; to decentralize
* to distract; to divert
    分散注意力 ― fēnsàn zhùyìlì ― to distract
* to distribute
* (finance, of investments) to diversify
       Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]
       He was advised to diversify his investments.

#### Synonyms

* (to disperse):
* 切分 (qiēfēn)
* 分開／分开 (fēnkāi)
* 四散 (sìsàn)
* 散開／散开 (sànkāi)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to disperse”): (literary) 坌集 (bènjí), 聚合 (jùhé), 聚集 (jùjí), 聚攏／聚拢 (jùlǒng)

### Adjective

分散
* dispersed; scattered

#### Synonyms

* 散漫 (literary)
* 零散
* 零星 (língxīng)
* 零碎 (língsuì)
* 零零星星 (línglíngxīngxīng)

#### Antonyms

* 統一／统一 (tǒngyī)
* 集中 (jízhōng)

### Derived terms

* 分散式 (fēnsànshì)
* 分散計劃／分散计划 (fēnsàn jìhuà)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 分散(ぶんさん) (bunsan)
* → Korean: 분산(分散) (bunsan)
* → Vietnamese: phân tán (分散)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 分 | 散 |
| ぶん Grade: 2 | さん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɯ̟̃ɰ̃sã̠ɴ]

### Noun

分(ぶん)散(さん) • (bunsan)
* dispersion
* (physics, chemistry) dispersion
* (mathematics) variance
* liquidation of property or assets after bankruptcy

### Verb

分(ぶん)散(さん)する • (bunsan suru) suru (stem 分(ぶん)散(さん)し (bunsan shi), past 分(ぶん)散(さん)した (bunsan shita))
* to disperse
* (physics, chemistry) to disperse
* to sell off property or assets after bankruptcy

#### Conjugation

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