HSK 6 · Objects

粉末 fěnmò “powder” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 粉末 means

  1. powder
  2. fine dust
  3. fine powder
  4. dust

How to say 粉末

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale粉fěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale末mò4th tone, falling

粉末 in a sentence

  1. 桌上布满了粉末。

    Zhuō shang bùmǎn le fěnmò.

    The table is covered with powder.

    Sentence #466065 from Tatoeba

How 粉末 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 粉 (fěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
粉fěnpowder
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fěn.

The character 末 (mò) with each of its parts in a different colour
末mòtip
  • 一one · yī
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 粉末

粉 10 strokes · 末 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 粉末

Words with 粉

粉碎fěnsuì · to smash粉色fěnsè · pink

Words with 末

周末zhōumò · weekend

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FAQs

粉末 (fěnmò) means “powder” or “fine dust”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fěnmò: fěn with a 3rd tone, then mò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 粉末 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenmo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粉末 from the suggestions. Typing fenmo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粉末 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.