Chinese symbol for “liana”
蔓生
màn shēng
trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown
The closest CC-CEDICT match for liana is 蔓生 (màn shēng), defined as: trailing plant; liana; creeper; overgrown.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “liana”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔹 (蘞) | liǎn | trailing plant; liana |
| 蘝 | liǎn | variant of 蘞|蔹, trailing plant; liana |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蔓生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to spread; to extend |
| 藤蔓 | téng wàn | trailing or climbing stem; vine; Taiwan pr. [teng2man4] |
| 蔓越莓 | màn yuè méi | cranberry |
| 蔓草 | màn cǎo | creeper; climbing plant |
| 枝蔓 | zhī màn | branches and tendrils; fig. overcomplicated or digressive |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “liana”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.