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Chinese
Etymology 1
| noodles; pasta | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (粉絲) | 粉 | 絲 | |
| simp. (粉丝) | 粉 | 丝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan2 si1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fún-sṳ̂
- Northern Min (KCR): hǒng-sí
- Eastern Min (BUC): hūng-sĭ
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hún-si
- Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fen3 sr1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fěnsī
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fěnsih
- Wade–Giles: fên3-ssŭ1
- Yale: fěn-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feensy
- Palladius: фэньсы (fɛnʹsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: fen3 si1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fens
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən⁵³ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fan2 si1
- Yale: fán sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan2 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: fen2 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fún-sṳ̂
- Hakka Romanization System: funˋ siiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fun3 si1
- Sinological IPA: /fun³¹ sɨ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǒng-sí
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɔŋ²¹ si⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hūng-sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /huŋ³³⁻²¹ (s-)ni⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Xiang
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: fen3 sr1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fe̞n³³ sz̩⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hengyang)
Noun
粉絲
- cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli (transparent noodle made from starch)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
| noodles; pasta | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (粉絲) | 粉 | 絲 | |
| simp. (粉丝) | 粉 | 丝 | |
| alternative forms | fan屎 (fen1 si2) fans (fen1 si2) | ||
Through Cantonese, humorous phono-semantic matching of English fans. Doublet of 飯／饭 (fàn).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fěnsī
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fěnsih
- Wade–Giles: fên3-ssŭ1
- Yale: fěn-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feensy
- Palladius: фэньсы (fɛnʹsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fen1 si2
- Cantonese Pinyin: fen1 si2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɛːn⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fún-sṳ̂ / fèn-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: funˋ siiˊ / fenˇ sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: fun3 si1 / fen2 si4
- Sinological IPA: /fun³¹ sɨ²⁴/, /fen¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Note: fèn-sṳ - imitating Mandarin.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-si
- Tâi-lô: hún-si
- Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsy
- IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hung2 si1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húng si
- Sinological IPA (key): /huŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
粉絲
Synonyms
(fans):
Derived terms
Etymology 3
| dust; powder | silk; thread; trace | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (粉絲) | 粉 | 絲 | |
| simp. (粉丝) | 粉 | 丝 | |
Pronunciation
- Eastern Min (BUC): hūng-*sĭ
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hūng-*sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /huŋ³³⁻²¹ si⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
Adjective
粉絲
- (Eastern Min, chiefly of fabric) in small, thin pieces