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纷纷

fēn fēn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 紛紛

纷纷 (fēn fēn) means "one after another (at once)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 纷纷 means

1. one after another
2. in succession
3. one by one
4. continuously
5. diverse
6. in profusion
7. numerous and confused
8. pell-mell

How 纷纷 is used in grammar

纷纷 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree, Scope and Time Adverbs (HSK 6)

The characters in 纷纷

• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly

Example sentences

• 众人纷纷结伴跳起了舞来。
  Zhòngrén fēnfēn jiébàn tiào qǐ le wǔ lái.
  Everyone paired off and began dancing.
• 在美国，由于投资者纷纷涌向包括黄金和美国国债在内的安全港，因此主要的股票市场指数在星期一一度下跌了3个百分点。
  Zài Měiguó, yóuyú tóuzīzhě fēnfēn yǒng xiàng bāokuò huángjīn hé Měiguó guózhài zàinèi de ānquán gǎng, yīncǐ zhǔyào de gǔpiào shìchǎng zhǐshù zài Xīngqīyī yīdù xiàdiē le sān gè bǎifēndiǎn.
  In the United States, the major stock market indices at one point were down three percentage points on Monday, as investors rushed to safe havens, including gold and U.S. Treasury bonds.
• 在美国，由于投资者纷纷涌向包括黄金和美国国债在内的安全港，因此主要的股票价格指数在星期一一度下跌了3个百分点。
  Zài Měiguó, yóuyú tóuzīzhě fēnfēn yǒng xiàng bāokuò huángjīn hé Měiguó guózhài zàinèi de ānquán gǎng, yīncǐ zhǔyào de gǔpiào jiàgé zhǐshù zài Xīngqīyī yīdù xiàdiē le sān gè bǎifēndiǎn.
  In the United States, the major stock market indices at one point were down three percentage points on Monday, as investors rushed to safe havens, including gold and U.S. Treasury bonds.

Words starting with 纷纷

• 纷纷扬扬fēn fēn yáng yáng(idiom) (of leaves etc) fluttering about

Words containing 纷纷

• 议论纷纷yì lùn fēn fēnto discuss spiritedly (idiom); tongues are wagging

Where 纷纷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Discourse Particles & Adverbs (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fēn fēn correctly.
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