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Word and Radical Components of 粉笔

The Chinese word 粉笔 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
粉笔 1. Simplified form of 粉筆

粉笔 ⇨ 粉 + 笔
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
1. Variant of 筆

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.

笔 ⇨ ⺮ + 毛
Component Pinyin Meanings
zhú 1. bamboo
     竹子zi - bamboo
2. (musical instrument) musical instrument made of bamboo
     Zhu
máo, Máo 1. hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather
     雞毛 - chicken feather
2. (dialectal) hair on the head
3. mildew; mold
4. (colloquial) jiao; one tenth of a yuan or dollar; ten cents; dime
      - a jiao / ten cents
      - three yuan and two jiao / three dollars and twenty cents
     五毛黨 - wumao
5. coarse; raw; semifinished
     毛茶 - raw tea
6. (of an amount) gross
     Antonyms:
     毛利 - gross profit
     毛重 - gross weight
7. rough; sketchy
     毛估 - to make a rough estimate
8. small; little
     毛毛雨 - drizzle
     毛孩子zi - mere child
9. careless; unthinking
     毛手毛腳 - to be careless
10. panicked; scared; nervous
      - to have scared me
11. angry; furious
12. (of currency) depreciated
13. (mainland, colloquial or slang) no; nothing; damn all; my ass
      - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
      - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
14. (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
     Synonyms:
      ? - Do you know anything at all?
15. (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
      - the character with white-coloured hair
     假毛 - wig
      - - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), founder of the People's Republic of China
16. usage. In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use 頭髮 instead.

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