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粉

fěn

HSK 6 Character

What 粉 means

1. powder
2. cosmetic face powder
3. food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
4. to turn to powder
5. dialectto whitewash
6. white
7. pink
8. (suffix) fan (abbr. for {粉丝|fěn sī})
9. to be a fan of

Example sentences

• 我用洗衣粉。
  Wǒ yòng xǐyīfěn.
  I use laundry detergent.
• 雪是粉状的。
  The snow was powdery.
• 我是你的粉丝。
  Wǒ shì nǐ de fěnsī.
  I am your fan.
• 给我一段粉笔。
  Gěi wǒ yī duàn fěnbǐ.
  Give me a piece of chalk.
• 我对花粉过敏。
  Wǒ duì huāfěnguòmǐn.
  I am allergic to pollen.
• 奥利弗有粉刺。
  Oliver has an acne problem.

Words starting with 粉

• 粉碎fěn suìto crush; to smash; to shatter
• 粉色fěn sèpink; white; erotic
• 粉末fěn mòfine powder; dust
• 粉红色fěn hóng sèpink
• 粉丝fěn sībean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan…
• 粉红fěn hóngpink
• 粉笔fěn bǐchalk
• 粉刷fěn shuāto paint; to whitewash; emulsion
• 粉底fěn dǐ(cosmetics) foundation
• 粉条fěn tiáovermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
• 粉饰fěn shìto paint; to whitewash; to decorate
• 粉身碎骨fěn shēn suì gǔ(lit.) torn body and crushed bones (idiom); (fig.) to die horribly…
• 粉尘fěn chénfine dust (esp. in environmental and industrial contexts)
• 粉墨登场fěn mò dēng chǎngto make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
• 粉刺fěn cìpimple; comedo; blackhead
• 粉圆fěn yuántapioca ball
• 粉土fěn tǔsilt; silty soil
• 粉板fěn bǎnblackboard; painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
• 粉墙fěn qiángwhitewashed wall; to whitewash a wall
• 粉车fěn chē(Mary Kay Cosmetics) pink car
• 粉领fěn lǐngpink collar; woman working in the service industry
• 粉头fěn tóuprostitute (old); crafty character (in opera)
• 粉底液fěn dǐ yè(cosmetics) liquid foundation
• 粉转黑fěn zhuǎn hēi(net slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor

Words containing 粉

• 奶粉nǎi fěnpowdered milk
• 面粉miàn fěnflour
• 米粉mǐ fěnrice flour; rice-flour noodles; (net slang) Xiaomi fan
• 凉粉liáng fěnliangfen (Chinese dish); grass jelly (Chinese dish)
• 淀粉diàn fěnstarch; amylum (C6H10O5)n
• 洗衣粉xǐ yī fěnlaundry detergent; washing powder
• 红粉hóng fěnrouge and powder; (fig.) the fair sex
• 脂粉zhī fěncosmetics
• 花粉huā fěnpollen
• 白粉bái fěnface powder; chalk powder; heroin
• 胡椒粉hú jiāo fěnground pepper (i.e. powder)
• 干粉gān fěndry powder
• 互粉hù fěnto follow each other's accounts (on Weibo etc)
• 传粉chuán fěnpollination; to pollinate
• 吸粉xī fěnto increase one's followers; to get more fans
• 唯粉wéi fěnfan who only likes one particular member of a pop idol band
• 墨粉mò fěntoner (for a laser printer)
• 小粉xiǎo fěnstarch
• 授粉shòu fěnto pollinate
• 掉粉diào fěnto lose fans
• 散粉sǎn fěnloose powder (makeup)
• 果粉guǒ fěn(slang) fan of Apple products
• 河粉hé fěnhor fun, a type of wide, flat rice noodle
• 洋粉yáng fěnagar

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
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 吩fēnused in 吩咐; used in transliteration of chemical compounds
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred
• 酚fēn(bound form) phenol

Characters that look like 粉

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

• 验yànto examine; to test; to check
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 盼pànto hope for; to long for; to expect
• 赊shēto buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time)
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Sounds the same

Read fěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 羵spirit