蔓延 meaning in English

mànyán

to spread; to extend

HSK 7-9verb20 strokes

Meaning of 蔓延

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mànyán

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè些xiē措cuò施shī可kě以yǐ预yù防fáng疾jí病bìng蔓màn延yán。

These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.

火huǒ势shì以yǐ扇shàn形xíng迅xùn速sù蔓màn延yán。

The fire spread out in a fan-shape.

他tā穿chuān过guò公gōng园yuán时shí，一yī阵zhèn寒hán意yì顺shùn著zhù脊jǐ背bèi蔓màn延yán而ér下xià。

A chill ran down his spine as he crossed the park.

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Words that share a character with 蔓延.

延长	yáncháng	to prolong; to extend
延续	yánxù	to continue; to go on
延期	yánqī	to delay; to extend
延伸	yánshēn	to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
拖延	tuōyán	to delay; to put off
延误	yánwù	to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a dead
延缓	yánhuǎn	to defer; to postpone
延迟	yánchí	to delay; to postpone
拖延时间	tuōyánshíjiān	to procrastinate; to stall for time
延后	yánhòu	to postpone; to defer
绵延	miányán	(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
苟延残喘	gǒuyáncánchuǎn	(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door

What does 蔓延 mean?

蔓延 (mànyán) means "to spread; to extend" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 蔓延?

蔓延 is made of 2 characters: 蔓 (14 strokes), 延 (6 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 蔓延 an HSK word?

Yes. 蔓延 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.