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Word and Radical Components of 面粉

The Chinese word 面粉 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
面粉 1. Simplified form of 麵粉
miànfěn 2. n. face powder
3. n. (cat, cmn, Intermediate Mandarin)

面粉 ⇨ 面 + 粉
Component Pinyin Meanings
miàn 1. (literary or dialectal) face
      笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face
      。 - There's something on your face.
2. surface; top; face
     水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface
     路面 - lùmiàn - road surface
3. aspect; side; respect
     全面 - quánmiàn - overall
4. right side; cover; outside
5. (geometry) face
     長方體 。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces.
6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face
     冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C
7. to meet
     面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world
8. face-to-face
     面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face
     面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face
9. to face
     面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall
      - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water
10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality)
     前面 - qiánmiàn - in front
     上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place
     西面 - xīmiàn - west
11. Short for 面試 (interview)
     (zh-co, HR, tr=HRmiàn)
      國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag
      - yī miàn gǔ - a drum
      guo 。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once.
12. Simplified form of 麵
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
6. (zh-o) (ergative) to powder
     粉碎 - to smash
     粉身--碎骨 - to have one's body smashed to pieces
7. (color)
8.    (zh-div, 色) pink
9.   我 把 頭髮 染 成 了 粉 的。 - I dyed my hair pink.
10.    (zh-no-solo) white
11.   粉壁 - white wall
12.   粉飾 - to whitewash
13. (dialectal) to whitewash
14. (food)
15.    food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc.)
16.   粉條 - Chinese vermicelli
17.   涼粉 - grass jelly
18.   河粉 - he fen noodles
19.    bean or sweet potato noodles
20. =====Usage notes=====
21. fan; fanatic
      - fan of the Ming dynasty
     川粉 - fan of Donald Trump
     米粉 - fan of Xiaomi
22. (Internet, neologism, slang) follower on a social media platform; subscriber
23. to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire

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
     (zh-co, 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. (zh-short, 分之)
31. =====Usage notes=====
32. Many of the senses are now written with the specialised character 份.

分 ⇨ 八 + 刀
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. eight
2. many; numerous
3. (printing) pearl (q, the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
4. (zh-abbrev, 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