HSK 5 · Function Words

纷纷 fēnfēn “one after another” in Chinese

Traditional 紛紛

What 纷纷 means

  1. one after another
  2. in succession
  3. one by one
  4. continuously
  5. diverse
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • in profusion

How to say 纷纷

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纷fēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纷fēn1st tone, high and level

纷纷 in a sentence

  1. 众人纷纷结伴跳起了舞来。

    Zhòngrén fēnfēn jiébàn tiào qǐ le wǔ lái.

    One after another, everyone paired up and started dancing.

    Sentence #821411 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 纷纷 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 纷 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
纷fēnnumerous
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēn.

The character 纷 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
纷fēnnumerous
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēn.

How to write 纷纷

纷 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 纷纷

Words with 纷

纠纷jiūfēn · dispute

More words: Function Words & Grammar

反复fǎnfù · repeatedly反正fǎnzhèng · anyway仿佛fǎngfú · as if非fēi · to not be幅fú · measure word for paintings赶紧gǎnjǐn · hurriedly赶快gǎnkuài · quickly格外géwài · especially

FAQs

纷纷 (fēnfēn) means “one after another” or “in succession”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fēnfēn: fēn with a 1st tone, then fēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 纷纷 is written 紛紛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenfen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纷纷 from the suggestions. Typing fenfen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纷纷 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.