HSK 6 · Verbs

吩咐 fēnfù “to instruct” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吩咐 means

  1. to instruct
  2. to tell (someone to do something)
  3. to tell
  4. to command

How to say 吩咐

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale吩fēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale咐fù4th tone, falling

吩咐 in a sentence

  1. 接下来该怎么做，我完全听从您的吩咐。

    Jiēxiàlái gāi zěnme zuò, wǒ wánquán tīngcóng nín de fēnfù.

    From now on I’ll do exactly as you instruct.

    Sentence #2440609 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 吩咐 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 吩 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
吩fēn
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fēn.

The character 咐 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
咐fù
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 付give · fùSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 付 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

How to write 吩咐

吩 7 strokes · 咐 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 吩咐

Words with 咐

嘱咐zhǔfù · to instruct

More words: Thinking & Talking

反思fǎnsī · to reflect on反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question发誓fāshì · to swear分辨fēnbiàn · to distinguish附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)告辞gàocí · to take leave告诫gàojiè · to warn各抒己见gèshūjǐjiàn · everyone voices their own opinion

FAQs

吩咐 (fēnfù) means “to instruct” or “to tell (someone to do something)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēnfù: fēn with a 1st tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吩咐 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenfu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吩咐 from the suggestions. Typing fenfu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吩咐 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.