HSK 6 · Body

分泌 fēnmì “to secrete” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 分泌 means

  1. to secrete
  2. secretion

How to say 分泌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale分fēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泌mì4th tone, falling

分泌 in a sentence

  1. 吃酸的东西会让嘴里分泌口水。

    Chī suān de dōngxi huì ràng zuǐlǐ fēnmì kǒushuǐ.

    Eating sour things makes your mouth water.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这种植物会分泌一种很香的液体。

    Zhè zhǒng zhíwù huì fēnmì yì zhǒng hěn xiāng de yètǐ.

    This plant secretes a sweet-smelling liquid.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 分泌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 分 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
分fēnto divide; to separate
  • 八eight · bā
  • 刀knife · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刀 cutting something into two 八: to divide.

The character 泌 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
泌mìto secrete
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 必surely · bìSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 必 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with mì.

How to write 分泌

分 4 strokes · 泌 8 strokes

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分泌 (fēnmì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 分泌 (fēnmì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 分泌

Words with 分

分钟fēnzhōng · minute分fēn · divide得分défēn · to score (points)分开fēnkāi · to separate部分bùfen · part十分shífēn · very百分之bǎifēnzhī · per cent分手fēnshǒu · to break up分别fēnbié · to part分析fēnxī · to analyse

More words: People, Body & Health

防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)发炎fāyán · to become inflamed发育fāyù · to develop肺fèi · lung腹泻fùxiè · diarrhoea感染gǎnrǎn · to infect疙瘩gēda · pimple喉咙hóulóng · throat

FAQs

分泌 (fēnmì) means “to secrete” or “secretion”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēnmì: fēn with a 1st tone, then mì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 分泌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenmi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 分泌 from the suggestions. Typing fenmi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
分泌 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.