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粉

Mandarin · pinyin fěn

powder
cosmetic face powder
food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
to turn to powder
(dialect) to whitewash
white
pink
(suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲 fěn sī)
to be a fan of

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粉: fěn · powder, face powder; plaster

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fan2

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character · Etymology 1

powder
powder — face powder
powder — flour
powder — starchy
powder — (Cantonese, slang) heroin
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, ergative) to powder
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) white; whitewashed
(～色) pink
(dialectal) to whitewash
food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc., usually not made from wheat flour)
food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc., usually not made from wheat flour) — (specifically) cellophane noodles; bean or sweet potato noodles
(Cantonese) powdery

character · Etymology 2

fan; fanatic
(neologism, Internet, slang) follower on a social media platform; subscriber
(transitive) to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire

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