fěn = f + (e)n3
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / whitewash / white / pink / fan (suffix) (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
fěn = f + (e)n3
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]) / to be a fan of
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…

How to pronounce 粉

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)n3 final

In the encampment’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

粉 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
fēn = f + (e)n1
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
fèn = f + (e)n4
part / share / ingredient / component
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
= mi + Ø3
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…

Characters with 粉 as component

= y + Ø2
variant of 彞|彝[yi2]
Loading...
Loading mnemonics…
Loading...

Words with 粉

show 157 more
bean vermicelli / mung bean starch noodles / Chinese vermicelli / cellophane noodles / CL:把[ba3] / fan (loanword) / enthusiast for sb or sth
pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up)

Sentences with 粉

粉 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 粉 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

fěn

2 translations

Comments
There aren't any comments yet.

Prompt snippets

No snippets yet.