泛 (faan3) — superficial; shallow; skin-deep in Cantonese

faan˗₃泛

Mandarin Pinyin: fan4

Meaning of 泛

nounsuperficial; shallow; skin-deep

nounfloat; drift out; go boating

nounflood; inundate; overflow

nounextensive; general; Pan-

noun汎

nounbe suffused with (colour)

keoiˏ₅佢ngaanˎ₄眼sanˎ₄神faanˍ₆泛leoiˍ₆淚gwong1.光。

His eyes were glistening with tears.

buiˉ¹杯minˍ₆麵tongˉ¹湯daiˊ²底faanˍ₆泛jau4.油。

There was oil on the surface of the noodle soup.

go˗₃個wuˎ₄湖seoiˊ²水faanˍ₆泛lukˍ₆綠gwong1.光。

The lake water had a greenish glow.

keoiˏ₅佢limˏ₅臉sikˉ¹色faanˍ₆泛hung4.紅。

His face turned red.

zoengˉ¹張ziˊ²紙faanˍ₆泛wong4.黃。

The paper had yellowed.

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