wun6 wun6渙渙涣涣
Jyutpingwun6 wun6
Yalewuhn wuhn
Definition
Overflowing with water; flooded.
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How it's used
Literary and descriptive in nature, this term is rarely used in casual daily speech to describe actual floods. It is more commonly encountered in written descriptions or poetic contexts to evoke a sense of vast, spreading water. When used in speech, it often carries a slightly dramatic or exaggerated tone to emphasize the scale of the overflow.
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Common phrases
the floodwaters are overflowing
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with common verbs like 湧 or 浸, but 渙渙 specifically describes the visual state of water spreading out or overflowing rather than the action of flooding itself.
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Grammar guides
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