# 繽紛
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bīnfēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ ㄈㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^1$ fan$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pin-hun
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bīnfēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ ㄈㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: binfen
*** Wade–Giles: pin$^1$-fên$^1$
*** Yale: bīn-fēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binfen
*** Palladius: биньфэнь (binʹfɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pin⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^1$ fan$^1$
*** Yale: bān fān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^1$ fan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^1$ fen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin-hun
*** Tâi-lô: pin-hun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pinhwn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³ hun³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴⁻²² hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴⁻³³ hun⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: phjin phjun
Rime :
| Character | 繽 | 紛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 匹賓切 | 撫文切 |
| Baxter | phjin | phjun |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰiɪn/ | /pʰɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰin/ | /pʰiun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰjen/ | /pʰiuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰin/ | /pʰun/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiĕn/ | /pʰiuən/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭĕn/ | /pʰĭuən/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰi̯ĕn/ | /pʰi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pīn | fēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pan$^1$ | fan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰin pʰɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 繽 | 紛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 848 | 3155 |
| Phonetic component | 賓 | 分 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繽 | 芬 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰin/ | /*pʰɯn/ |
| Notes | | 撫由府校改 |

### Adjective

繽紛
* (literary) in riotous profusion
* (literary) flourishing; thriving
    From: 晉．陶淵明《桃花源記》
    Fāngcǎo xiānměi, luòyīng bīnfēn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
    Zhǐjiàn yuán zhōng xiāngyān liáorào, huā cǎi bīnfēn, chùchù dēngguāng xiàng yìng, shíshí xìyuè shēng xuān, shuō bùjìn zhè tàipíng qìxiàng, fùguì fēngliú. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (thriving):
* 全盛 (quánshèng)
* 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
* 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
* 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
* 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
* 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
* 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
* 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
* 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
* 昌隆 (chānglóng)
* 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
* 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
* 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
* 火爆 (huǒbào)
* 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
* 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
* 繁盛 (fánshèng)
* 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
* 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
* 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
* 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
* 茂盛 (màoshèng)
* 蓬勃 (péngbó)
* 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
* 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
* 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
* 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
* 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “thriving”):
* 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
* 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
* 低迷 (dīmí)
* 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
* 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
* 清淡 (qīngdàn)
* 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

#### Derived terms

* 七彩繽紛／七彩缤纷
* 五彩繽紛／五彩缤纷 (wǔcǎibīnfēn)
* 五色繽紛／五色缤纷
* 色彩繽紛／色彩缤纷
* 花影繽紛／花影缤纷
* 落英繽紛／落英缤纷

### References

* “Entry #19270”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 繽 | 紛 |
| ひん Hyōgai | ふん > ぷん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひんぷん [hìńpúń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çĩmpɯ̟̃ɴ]

### Adjective

繽(ひん)紛(ぷん) • (hinpun) $^†$-tari (adnominal 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)とした (hinpun to shita) or 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)たる (hinpun taru), adverbial 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)と (hinpun to) or 繽(ひん)紛(ぷん)として (hinpun to shite))
* (literary) of many small things, lying around scattered and jumbled

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN