衍

The character "衍" has 9 strokes. "衍" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "衍" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "衍" are "yǎn" . View the stroke order of "衍">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "衍"

: (of water) overflow; multiply; breed; (of words or phrases) be redundant; be superfluous; develop; popularize; spread

n.: low-lying flatland; marsh; swamp

• multiply : v.乘；使相乘；大量增加；繁殖；增殖
• breed : v.使…繁殖；产仔；育种；交配；繁殖；培育；培养；养育；产生
• develop : v.成长；发育；发展；产生；感受；具有；使…显影；开发土地；利用土地资源
• popularize : v.普及；推广；使通俗化；使大众化
• spread : v.摊开；铺开；展开；蔓延；延伸；涂抹；涂；敷；摆桌子以备进餐；把饭菜摆在（餐桌）上
• marsh : n.沼泽；湿地；（Marsh）人名：马什
• swamp : n.低地；水洼；沼泽；某地的浸水程度

Form words with "衍"

Example phrases using "衍"

• 你甚至能看到由炮口衍展开来的空气冲击波.

  You could actually see the shockwave zip out of the muzzle.

• 参考书衍挑选得好。

  But they should pick up a good reference book.