| 衍 | [ yǎn ] to spread out, to develop, to overflow, to amplify, superfluous |
| 衍伸 | [ yǎn shēn ] to give rise (to), to spawn, to spread (to) |
| 衍化 | [ yǎn huà ] to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc), to develop and change |
| 衍射 | [ yǎn shè ] diffraction |
| 衍射格子 | [ yǎn shè gé zi ] diffraction grating (physics) |
| 衍射角 | [ yǎn shè ] angle of diffraction (physics) |
| 衍生 | [ yǎn shēng ] to give rise to, to derive, derivative, derivation |
| 衍生工具 | [ yǎn shēng gōng jù ] derivative (finance) |
| 衍生物 | [ yǎn shēng wù ] a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) |
| 衍生產品 | [ yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn ] derivative product, derivative (in finance) |
| 衍聖公 | [ yǎn shèng gōng ] hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| 衍聖公府 | [ yǎn shèng gōng fǔ ] the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong |
| 衍聲複詞 | [ yǎn shēng fù cí ] compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1] or 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly |
| 衍變 | [ yǎn biàn ] to develop, to evolve |
| ⇒ 信貸衍生產品 | [ xìn daì yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn ] credit derivative (in finance) |
| ⇒ 夏衍 | [ xià yǎn ] Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer |
| ⇒ 推衍 | [ tuī yǎn ] to deduce, to infer, an implication, same as 推演 |
| ⇒ 敷衍 | [ fū yǎn ] to elaborate (on a theme), to expound (the classics), perfunctory, to skimp, to botch, to do sth half-heartedly or just for show, barely enough to get by |
| ⇒ 敷衍了事 | [ fū yǎn shì ] to do things half-heartedly, to merely go through the motions |
| ⇒ 敷衍塞責 | [ fū yǎn sè zé ] to skimp on the job, to work half-heartedly, not to take the job seriously |
| ⇒ 沃衍 | [ wò yǎn ] rich and fertile (soil) |
| ⇒ 篋衍 | [ qiè yǎn ] bamboo box |
| ⇒ 繁衍 | [ fán yǎn ] to multiply, to reproduce, to increase gradually in number or quantity |
| ⇒ 羅摩衍那 | [ luó mó yǎn nà ] the Ramayana (Indian epic) |
| ⇒ 胄裔繁衍 | [ zhoù yì fán yǎn ] Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 蕃衍 | [ fán yǎn ] variant of 繁衍[fan2 yan3] |
| ⇒ 鄒衍 | [ zoū yǎn ] Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) |
| ⇒ 金融衍生產品 | [ jīn róng yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn ] financial derivative |
| ⇒ 鋪衍 | [ pù yǎn ] to spread out widely, to disseminate |