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粉笔fěn bǐ
chalk
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 粉笔 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 粉筆 | ||
| 粉筆 | fěnbǐ | |
| 1. n. chalk (the writing implement) | ||
| 他 給 了 我 一 枝 粉筆， 讓 我 在 黑板 上 寫 下 自己 的 名字。 - He gave me a piece of chalk and asked me to write my name on the blackboard. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| chalk | ||
| 1. 粉笔;上白垩纪;白垩 | ||
| Components | ||
| 粉 | fěn | |
| 1. powder | ||
| 麵粉 是 小麥 做 的 粉。 - Flour is a powder made from wheat. | ||
| 2. face powder | ||
| 3. 粉墨登場 - to go on the stage | ||
| 4. flour | ||
| 5. (Cantonese, slang) heroin | ||
| 粉碎 - to smash | ||
| 粉身--碎骨 - to have one's body smashed to pieces | ||
| 6. (color) | ||
| 7. pink | ||
| 8. 我 把 頭髮 染 成 了 粉 的。 - I dyed my hair pink. | ||
| 9. white | ||
| 10. 粉壁 - white wall | ||
| 11. 粉飾 - to whitewash | ||
| 12. (dialectal) to whitewash | ||
| 13. (food) | ||
| 14. food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc.) | ||
| 15. 粉條 - Chinese vermicelli | ||
| 16. 涼粉 - grass jelly | ||
| 17. 河粉 - he fen noodles | ||
| 18. bean or sweet potato noodles | ||
| 19. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 20. fan; fanatic | ||
| 明 粉 - fan of the Ming dynasty | ||
| 川粉 - fan of Donald Trump | ||
| 米粉 - fan of Xiaomi | ||
| 21. (Internet, neologism, slang) follower on a social media platform; subscriber | ||
| 22. to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire | ||
| 笔 | ||
| 1. Variant of 筆 | ||
| 筆 | bǐ | |
| 1. writing brush | ||
| 2. pen; pencil | ||
| 你 有 筆 嗎？記 一下 這 個 電話 號碼。 - Do you have a pen to write this phone number? | ||
| 你 這 個 字 寫 錯 了，這裡 少 了 一 筆。 - The character you have miswritten lacks one stroke here. | ||
| 我 會 儘jǐn早 把 這 筆 錢 還huán 給 你。 - I will return the money as soon as possible. | ||
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Pronunciation
fěn bǐ
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