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Word and Radical Components of 爽身粉

The Chinese word 爽身粉 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
爽身粉 shuǎngshēnfěn 1. n. talcum powder; baby powder

爽身粉 ⇨ 爽 + 身 + 粉
Component Pinyin Meanings
shuǎng 1. bright; clear
2. frank; straightforward
3. refreshing; pleasurable; invigorating
      ! - This is so good!
4. happy; cheerful; joyful
5. (of health) well; to feel well
6. to deviate; to make a mistake; to miss
7. to violate; to breach; to break
     爽約 - to break an appointment
8. (internet slang) a unit equivalent to 640 million yuan (CNY) ((Used to satirize Chinese actress Zheng Shuang's annual income being as much as 640 million yuan for just acting in TV dramas. Popularized
9. Variant of 驦
shēn 1. (anatomy) body
2. (figurative) body; main part
3. pregnancy
4. oneself
5. in person; personally
6. I; me
7. life; one's (entire) life
8. social status
9. moral character
10. (literary or Min Nan, Pu-Xian Min)
11. (Min Nan)
12. (Cantonese, idiomatic)
juān, yuān 13. Only used in 身毒
fěn 1. powder
     麵粉 小麥 。 - 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
      - 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

爽 ⇨ 大 + 㸚
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. of great size; big; large; huge
     Antonyms:
      ! (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
     ni1 。 - This pair of pants is very big.
2. big; great
      關係 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
     大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
3. great of its kind
     昨天 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
      ? - a very strong smell
4. in an extreme manner; greatly
      (dà kū) - to cry violently
     大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
      相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
      遇到 情況 可以 走人 na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
      知道 昨兒r 過來lai zhēteng 好家伙huo,chà點兒r. 這兒r ! (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
5. main; major
     Antonyms:
     他們 一直 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
      一家 石油 公司 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
      書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
7. mature; grown up
     Antonyms:
      ? (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
      。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
      daai6-2 。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
8. (Cantonese) to grow up
      廣州 - to grow up in Guangzhou
9. (Cantonese) to be older than
     Antonyms:
      。 - I am older than them by two years.
10. (dialectal) father
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
      aa4? - Are you trying to intimidate me?
      mai5 。 - Don't you threaten me.
13. (Cantonese) only so big
     咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
      。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
     北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
dài, dà 17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
23. (Cantonese) small
      daai6-1 - so puny
24. Variant of 太
25. Variant of 泰
1. sparse and clear
2. to stop
3. to connect

粉 ⇨ 米 + 分
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. hulled or husked uncooked rice
2. husked seed
3. grain-like things
4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 gloss=rice vermicelli
     星洲.炒米 - Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ - Singapore-style noodles
     雪菜 火鴨 - syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 mai5 - braised rice vermicelli with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck, C
5. (Cantonese, Shanghainese Wu, slang) money
      - jau5 mai5 - rich, C
     背米 - tr=2pe+3mi, to earn money, SH -
6. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand
7. metre
      (bhi2 san1, MN-T) - 1.3 metres
      。 (Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.) - I'm 1.9 metres tall.
fēn 1. to divide; to separate
      工作 階段 進行。 - This exercise is divided into two stages.
      - split into 5 pieces
2. to distribute; to allocate; to assign; to allot
      兒子 比薩餅。 - He shared a pizza with his son.
      一起 苹果。 - He divided the apples with me.
     他們 住房。 - They were allotted a house to live in.
3. to distinguish; to differentiate; to tell apart
      他們他們 。 - I cannot tell them apart. They are very much alike.
      懦夫 蠻力 大丈夫 氣概 恃強凌弱 。 - He's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood.
4. to break up; to end a relationship; to separate
5. (Hakka, Teochew, Hainanese) to give
6. (Hakka, Teochew) by
     pûn - to be scolded (by people), H
7. minute (unit of time)
     分鐘 - minute
     現在 7 45 。 - It's quarter to eight now.
8. minute (unit of angle, 1/60 of a degree)
9. fraction; proportion
     used to indicate a fraction
10. (education, competition, etc.) point; mark
     本題 五十 。 - This question counts for 50 points.
      多少shǎo ? - What's my score?
      - to get high marks
11. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten of a currency designation
12. (Shanghainese Wu, by extension) money
      - tr=3hhue+1fen, to return money, SH
13. one tenth
14. deci- (SI unit prefix)
15. (numismatics) 0.01 yuan (or dollar, etc.); cent
16. one tenth of a a unit of length
17.    (Hong Kong) fan, legally defined as 0.00371475 metres
18.    (Mainland) Short for 市分 (,) equivalent to 0.33 cm
19. one tenth of a a unit of area
20. a candareen (a unit of weight), one tenth of a cash
21. (historical) an ancient small unit of time
22. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to beg (ask for food or money as charity)
fèn 23. part; share; portion
24. ingredient; component
25. duty; responsibility
26. status; standing
27. lot; fate; destiny
28. mutual affection
29. Alternative form of 份 (classifier)
30. Short for 分之
31. =====Usage notes=====
32. Many of the senses are now written with the specialised character 份.

㸚 ⇨ 爻 + 爻
Component Pinyin Meanings
yáo 1. double x
2. a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines; a hexagram of the I Ching
3. (Min Nan) Alternative form of ? (-)
yáo 1. double x
2. a figure composed of six stacked horizontal lines; a hexagram of the I Ching
3. (Min Nan) Alternative form of ? (-)

分 ⇨ 八 + 刀
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. eight
2. many; numerous
3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
4. Short for 八卦
5.    to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
6.    (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
7.   八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
     Ba
8. Variant of 捌
dāo 1. knife; blade
2. single-edged sword; cutlass
3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price
4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people)
      - - Dao Shixun
dāo 5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar
6. Variant of 刁