HSK 6 · Verbs

粉碎 fěnsuì “to smash” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 粉碎 means

  1. to smash
  2. to crush
  3. to shatter

How to say 粉碎

  • 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碎suì4th tone, falling

粉碎 in a sentence

  1. 车头的挡风玻璃被砸至粉碎。

    Chētóu de dǎngfēng bōli bèi zá zhì fěnsuì.

    The car’s windscreen was smashed to pieces.

    Sentence #337890 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 粉碎 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 碎 (suì) with each of its parts in a different colour
碎suìto break into pieces; to shatter
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 卒soldier · zúSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 卒 (zú) hints at the sound. Compare it with suì.

How to write 粉碎

粉 10 strokes · 碎 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 粉碎

Words with 粉

粉色fěnsè · pink粉末fěnmò · powder

Words with 碎

碎suì · to shatter

More words: Common Verbs

逢féng · to come across封闭fēngbì · to seal off奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate分散fēnsàn · to scatter服从fúcóng · to obey覆盖fùgài · to cover抚摸fǔmō · to stroke俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)

FAQs

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