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吩

fēn

HSK 6 Character

What 吩 means

1. used in {吩咐|fēn fu}
2. used in transliteration of chemical compounds

Example sentences

• 接下来该怎么做，我完全听从您的吩咐。
  Jiēxiàlái gāi zěnme zuò, wǒ wánquán tīngcóng nín de fēnfù.
  I will follow your advice fully from here onwards.
• 接下来该怎幺做，我完全听从您的吩咐。
  I will follow your advice fully from here onwards.
• 国王听信了骗子的话，吩咐裁缝师准备这套服装，但其实裁缝师也看不见这块布料。
  The king, convinced, told the tailors to prepare the outfit, but he also couldn't see this material.

Words starting with 吩

• 吩咐fēn futo tell; to instruct; to command
• 吩坦尼fēn tǎn nífentanyl (loanword) (Tw)
• 吩嗪fēn qínphenazine (loanword)

Words containing 吩

• 噻吩sāi fēnthiophene (chemistry) (loanword)
• 苯并噻吩běn bìng sāi fēnbenzothiophene C8H9, a heterocyclic compound…
• 头孢噻吩tóu bāo sāi fēn(pharm.) cefalotin (aka cephalothin)
• 卟吩bǔ fēnporphin C20H14N4 (loanword)

Characters built on 分

These share the phonetic component 分 (fēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 芬fēnperfume; fragrance
• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred
• 酚fēn(bound form) phenol

Characters that look like 吩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 估gūto estimate
• 咕gū(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 呦yōuOh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent
• 呣ḿinterjection expressing a question

Sounds the same

Read fēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 分to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 氛miasma; vapor
• 纷numerous; confused; disorderly
• 芬perfume; fragrance
• 酚(bound form) phenol
• 棻aromatic wood; perfume; fragrance
• 朆not yet (Wu dialect)
• 雰misty; foggy
• 饙to steam rice
• 鳻the wild pigeon
• 玢porphyrites