蔓 màn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 曼 long, extended, vast
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
蔓延
mànyán
to spread; to extend
Characters in this word
延 yán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 如果谣言继续蔓延，社区之间原本脆弱的信任会被进一步侵蚀。 Rúguǒ yáoyán jìxù mànyán, shèqū zhījiān yuánběn cuìruò de xìnrèn huì bèi jìnyíbù qīnshí. If the rumours continue to spread, the already fragile trust between communities will be further eroded.
- 草地上的野花越长越多，一直蔓延到河边。 Cǎodì shàng de yěhuā yuè zhǎng yuè duō, yìzhí mànyán dào hébiān. More and more wild flowers grew on the meadow, spreading all the way to the river.
- 感冒在班里蔓延开了，一半同学都请了假。 Gǎnmào zài bān lǐ mànyán kāi le, yíbàn tóngxué dōu qǐng le jià. A cold has spread through the class and half the students are off sick.
Related words
- 藤蔓 téngwàn vine; creeper
- 延长 yáncháng to extend
- 延期 yánqī to postpone
- 延续 yánxù to continue
- 延伸 yánshēn to stretch out
- 拖延 tuōyán to delay
- 顺延 shùnyán to postpone; to extend
- 延 yán to extend; to delay
- 延缓 yánhuǎn to delay; to slow down
- 延误 yánwù to delay; to hold up
- 开辟 kāipì to open up; to pioneer
- 膨胀 péngzhàng to expand; to inflate; to swell