分散

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (分散)		分	散
simp. #(分散)		分	散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnsàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄙㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ saan³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûn-san
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-sàn / pun-sòaⁿ / hun-sòaⁿ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnsàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄙㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fensàn
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-san⁴
    • Yale: fēn-sàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fensann
    • Palladius: фэньсань (fɛnʹsanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ sän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ saan³
    • Yale: fān saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ saːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-san
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun´ san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-sàn
    • Tâi-lô: hun-sàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunsaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ san⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² san²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ san¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ san²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pun-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punsvoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun³³ suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hun-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunsvoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/

Verb

分散

1. to disperse; to scatter; to decentralize
2. to distract; to divert

   分散注意力  ―  fēnsàn zhùyìlì  ―  to distract

3. to distribute
4. (finance, of investments) to diversify

   有人建議他要分散投資方向。 [MSC, trad.]
   有人建议他要分散投资方向。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǒurén jiànyì tā yào fēnsàn tóuzī fāngxiàng. [Pinyin]

   He was advised to diversify his investments.

Synonyms

• (to disperse):

• 切分 (qiēfēn)
• 分開／分开 (fēnkāi)
• 四散 (sìsàn)
• 散開／散开 (sànkāi)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to disperse”): (literary) 坌集 (bènjí), 聚合 (jùhé), 聚集 (jùjí), 聚攏／聚拢 (jùlǒng)

Adjective

分散

1. dispersed; scattered

Synonyms

• 散漫 (literary)
• 零散
• 零星 (língxīng)
• 零碎 (língsuì)
• 零零星星 (línglíngxīngxīng)

 

Antonyms

• 統一／统一 (tǒngyī)
• 集中 (jízhōng)

 

Derived terms

• 分散式 (fēnsànshì)
• 分散計劃／分散计划 (fēnsàn jìhuà)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (分散):

• → Japanese: 分散(ぶんさん) (bunsan)
• → Korean: 분산(分散) (bunsan)
• → Vietnamese: phân tán (分散)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	散
ぶん Grade: 2	さん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ᵝɰ̃sã̠ɴ]

Noun

分(ぶん)散(さん) • (bunsan) 

1. dispersion
2. (physics, chemistry) dispersion
3. (mathematics) variance
4. liquidation of property or assets after bankruptcy

Verb

分(ぶん)散(さん)する • (bunsan suru) suru (stem 分(ぶん)散(さん)し (bunsan shi), past 分(ぶん)散(さん)した (bunsan shita))

1. to disperse
2. (physics, chemistry) to disperse
3. to sell off property or assets after bankruptcy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "分散する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	分散し	ぶんさんし	bunsan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	分散し	ぶんさんし	bunsan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	分散する	ぶんさんする	bunsan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	分散する	ぶんさんする	bunsan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	分散すれ	ぶんさんすれ	bunsan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	分散せよ¹ 分散しろ²	ぶんさんせよ¹ ぶんさんしろ²	bunsan seyo¹ bunsan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	分散される	ぶんさんされる	bunsan sareru
Causative	分散させる 分散さす	ぶんさんさせる ぶんさんさす	bunsan saseru bunsan sasu
Potential	分散できる	ぶんさんできる	bunsan dekiru
Volitional	分散しよう	ぶんさんしよう	bunsan shiyō
Negative	分散しない	ぶんさんしない	bunsan shinai
Negative continuative	分散せず	ぶんさんせず	bunsan sezu
Formal	分散します	ぶんさんします	bunsan shimasu
Perfective	分散した	ぶんさんした	bunsan shita
Conjunctive	分散して	ぶんさんして	bunsan shite
Hypothetical conditional	分散すれば	ぶんさんすれば	bunsan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative