粉 (fan2 | fen3) : powder; flour; noodles; heroin

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粉

fan2

fen3

[1] [n] powder; flour; starch
[2] [n] noodles; vermicelli
[3] [adj] white; light pink
[4] [adj] powdery; pulverized
[5] [v] turn into powder; plaster
[6] [粵] [slang] heroin; drug
[7] [粵] shortened form of 粉絲 (fans)

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 米 (#119)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

粉

This word has been viewed 15742 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Sep 2014 02:43

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捲粉 gyun2 / fan2 juan3 / fen3 = rice noodle rolls; Also Cheung Fan 腸粉粵

粉筆 fan2 bat1 fen3 bi3 = chalk

粉紅色 fan2 hung4 sik1 fen3 hong2 se4 = pink

通心粉 tung1 sam1 fan2 tong1 xin1 fen3 = macaroni

雞粉 gai1 fan2 = chicken stock; chicken powder

太白粉 taai3 baak6 fan2 tai4 bai2 fen3 = cornstarch / potato starch

白粉 baak6 fan2 bai2 fen3 = white powder

粉盒 fan2 hap6 = compact, powder box

沙河粉 saa1 ho4 fan2 = sha hor fun - broad rice noodles

豬腸粉 zyu1 coeng4*2/4 fan2 = Chue Cheong Fun noodles
See all 125 compounds (CantoDict reports 129 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 粉

魚蛋粉有魚蛋，牛丸粉有牛丸，咁咩粉有雪糕同薯片? 些粉。粵
Fish ball noodles contain fish balls, beef ball noodles contain beef balls, what kind of noodles contain ice cream and potato chips? 7-Eleven.
[A joke in Cantonese that utilizes the pun between 粉 (noodles) and the Cantonese pronunciation of the second syllable of "seven". See entry for 些粉.]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 粉
Unicode code for this character: U+7c89 (off-site link)

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