HSK 5 · Adjectives

繁荣 fánróng “prosperous” in Chinese

Traditional 繁榮

What 繁荣 means

  1. prosperous
  2. booming (economy)
  3. booming

How to say 繁荣

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale繁fán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale荣róng2nd tone, rising

繁荣 in a sentence

  1. 玛雅文明繁荣了多久？

    Mǎyǎ wénmíng fánróng le duōjiǔ?

    How long did the Maya civilisation flourish?

    Sentence #1948457 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 经济繁荣稳定，是每个政府都想达到的目标。

    Jīngjì fánróng wěndìng, shì měi ge zhèngfǔ dōu xiǎng dádào de mùbiāo.

    A prosperous, stable economy is the goal of every government.

    Sentence #373395 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 繁荣 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 繁 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
繁fáncomplicated
  • 敏fast · mǐnSound part
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

糸 hints at the meaning (silk); 敏 (mǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fán.

The character 荣 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
荣róngglory
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 繁荣

繁 17 strokes · 荣 9 strokes

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繁荣 (fánróng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 繁荣 (fánróng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 繁荣

Words with 繁

繁华fánhuá · bustling繁忙fánmáng · busy频繁pínfán · frequent繁殖fánzhí · to breed繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character

Words with 荣

荣幸róngxìng · honoured虚荣xūróng · vanity光荣guāngróng · glory荣誉róngyù · honour欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing

More words: Adjectives

独特dútè · unique多余duōyú · superfluous恶劣èliè · vile发达fādá · well-developed方fāng · square疯狂fēngkuáng · crazy干脆gāncuì · simply高档gāodàng · superior quality

FAQs

繁荣 (fánróng) means “prosperous” or “booming (economy)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fánróng: fán with a 2nd tone, then róng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 繁荣 is written 繁榮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanrong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 繁荣 from the suggestions. Typing fanrong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
繁荣 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.