HSK 6 · Adjectives

频繁 pínfán “frequent” in Chinese

Traditional 頻繁

What 频繁 means

  1. frequent
  2. frequently
  3. often

How to say 频繁

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale频pín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale繁fán2nd tone, rising

频繁 in a sentence

  1. 最近频繁的地震让我们很焦虑。

    Zuìjìn pínfán de dìzhèn ràng wǒmen hěn jiāolǜ.

    The frequent earthquakes lately have made us very anxious.

    Sentence #796120 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 地震频繁地袭击日本。

    Dìzhèn pínfán de xíjī Rìběn.

    Earthquakes frequently hit Japan.

    Sentence #824630 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 这个路口因频繁的事故而臭名昭著。

    Zhè ge lùkǒu yīn pínfán de shìgù ér chòumíngzhāozhù.

    This intersection is notorious for its frequent accidents.

    Sentence #10541559 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 频繁 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 频 (pín) with each of its parts in a different colour
频pínfrequency
  • 步walk · bù
  • 页page · xié
The character 繁 (fán) with each of its parts in a different colour
繁fáncomplicated
  • 敏fast · mǐnSound part
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

糸 hints at the meaning (silk); 敏 (mǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fán.

How to write 频繁

频 13 strokes · 繁 17 strokes

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

Words related to 频繁

Words with 频

频道píndào · frequency频率pínlǜ · frequency视频shìpín · video

Words with 繁

繁荣fánróng · prosperous繁华fánhuá · bustling繁忙fánmáng · busy繁殖fánzhí · to breed繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character

More words: Adjectives

内在nèizài · inner浓厚nónghòu · strong庞大pángdà · huge贫乏pínfá · lacking平凡píngfán · ordinary平坦píngtǎn · flat平行píngxíng · parallel平庸píngyōng · mediocre

FAQs

频繁 (pínfán) means “frequent” or “frequently”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pínfán: pín with a 2nd tone, then fán with a 2nd 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, 频繁 is written 頻繁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinfan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 频繁 from the suggestions. Typing pinfan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
频繁 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.