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- powder
- cosmetic face powder
- food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
- to turn to powder
- (dialect) to whitewash
- white
- pink
- (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1])
- to be a fan of
Trad. 腸粉
- rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
Trad. 鐵粉
- (slang) hardcore fan (abbr. for 鐵桿粉絲|铁杆粉丝[tie3 gan3 fen3 si1])
- blackboard
- painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
- (neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan
- to garner new fans
Trad. 粉絲
- bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles
- fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
Trad. 鎂粉
- magnesium powder (used in pyrotechnics etc)
- (sports) gym chalk (magnesium carbonate), used as a drying agent on the hands of gymnasts, weight lifters etc
Trad. 粉飾
- to paint
- to whitewash
- to decorate
- plaster
- fig. to gloss over
- to cover up
- hot and sour noodles (Sichuan-origin dish made with starch-based noodles)
Trad. 螺螄粉
- luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots)
Trad. 粉轉黑
- (Internet slang) to go from being an admirer to being a detractor
Trad. 澱粉腸
- starchy sausage (low-cost sausage made with a high proportion of starch and little meat)
Trad. 殭屍粉
- "zombie fans", fake followers that can be bought to boost one's popularity on Weibo, Baidu etc
Trad. 路轉粉
- (Internet slang) to go from being indifferent to being a big fan
- contaminated milk powder (milk powder adulterated with melamine in a 2008 scandal in China)
Trad. 塗脂抹粉
- (idiom) to put on makeup
- (idiom) to prettify
Trad. 中筋麵粉
- all-purpose flour
- flour for making dumplings and noodles
Trad. 煙花粉黛
- woman
- prostitute
- lovemaking
- literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
Trad. 粉墨登場
- to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
Trad. 粉紅椋鳥
- (bird species of China) rosy starling (Pastor roseus)
Trad. 粉紅燕鷗
- (bird species of China) roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
Trad. 粉紅胸鷚
- (bird species of China) rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus)
- lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)
- fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
Trad. 粉飾太平
- to pretend that everything is going well
Trad. 低筋麵粉
- low-gluten flour
- cake flour
- pastry flour
- soft flour
Trad. 粉紅山椒鳥
- (bird species of China) rosy minivet (Pericrocotus roseus)
Trad. 粉紅腹嶺雀
- (bird species of China) Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)