| 粉 | 409C40 22C.50-8 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄈㄣˇ [fen3] | ||
| N. | (1) Power: 牛奶粉 powdered milk; 米粉 rice vermicelli; 麵粉 (wheat) flour; 珠粉 pearl powder (used as medicine); 藕粉 arrowroot; 涼粉 jelly made from agaragar; 牙粉 dental powder; 肥皂粉 soap powder; 白粉 white powder, chalk. (2) Ladies'face powder: 脂粉 cosmetics; 粉盒 compact; 粉刷 powder brush; 粉撲兒 powder puff; 粉裝兒 formerly, powder box; 粉紙 (a) fine white writing paper; (b) ladies'face powder paper; 粉底 powder foundation; 粉底霜 foundation cream. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To crush to powder: 粉身碎骨在所不辭 would do anything to pay in gratitude. (2) Cover up, whitewash: 粉飾 [fen3shi4]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Powdered, plastered: 粉牆 whitewashed wall; 粉白 whitewashed or plastered (wall); 粉白黛綠 stage make-up; 油頭粉面 painted and powdered. (2) Soft as powder: 粉嫩 soft and smooth (skin); 粉紅 [fen3hong2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 粉本 [fen2ben3], n., chalk sketch for Chin. painting. 2. 粉筆 [fen2bi3], n., chalk (for blackboard). 3. 粉黛 [fen3dai4], n., cosmetics, esp. stage make-up (white powder and black for eyebrows); ladies in palace or rich homes. 4. 粉碟 [fen3die2], n., kind of butterfly, with white wings. 5. 粉房 [fen3fang2], n., mill for making flour from bean starch. 6. 粉紅 [fen3hong2], adj., rosy, pale pink. 7. 粉箋 [fen3jian1], n., pink letter paper, also used for copying poems. 8. 粉金 [fen3jin1], n., powdered gold, mixed with oil, used in painting. 9. 粉末 [fen3mo4]1, powder, powdery substance. 10. 粉墨 [fen3mo4]2, n., cosmetics: 粉墨登場 go on stage, also (contempt.) political stage. 11. 粉皮 [fen3pi2], n., vermicelli made from bean starch; lambskin without the fur. 12. 粉刷 [fen3shua1], v.t., to whitewash and cover up (facts, situation); n., blackboard eraser. 13. 粉飾 [fen3shi4], v.t., to present pleasant appearance, cover up, hide faults: 粉飾太平 present false appearance of peace and prosperity. 14. 粉碎 [fen3sui4], v.t., crush to pieces. 15. 粉絲 [fen3si1], n., vermicelli made from beans. 16. 粉條 [fen3tiao2], n., ditto. 17. 粉頭 [fen3tou2], n., (MC) prostitutes; clowns and villains on stage with daubs of white powder in make-up. 18. 粉刺 [fen3ci4], n., pimples. 19. 粉團 [fen3tuan2], n., flour dumplings; 粉團花 (bot.) a flower, Hydrangea gortensia. | |||||