粉絲

Chinese

Etymology 1

		noodles; pasta	silk; thread; trace
trad. (粉絲)		粉	絲
simp. (粉丝)		粉	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fěnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fen³ si¹

• 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

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• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fún-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun` sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun³ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fun³¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǒng-sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ²¹ si⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hūng-sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)ni⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-si
    • Tâi-lô: hún-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/

Noun

粉絲

1. cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli (transparent noodle made from starch)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 粉絲 (“cellophane noodles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		粉絲
Mandarin	Beijing	粉, 粉絲
	Taiwan	粉絲, 冬粉
	Harbin	粉絲
	Yantai (Muping)	粉絲, 粉絲子
	Jinan	細粉條兒, 粉絲
	Luoyang	粉絲兒
	Wanrong	粉絲
	Xi'an	粉絲, 粉絲兒
	Yinchuan	粉絲
	Xining	粉絲兒
	Ürümqi	粉絲兒
	Wuhan	線粉, 粉條
	Chengdu	粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉
	Liuzhou	粉絲
	Yangzhou	粉絲, 索粉
	Nanjing	粉絲, 索粉
	Hefei	粉絲
	Singapore	冬粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粉絲
	Hong Kong	粉絲
	Taishan	細粉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	細粉
	Yangjiang	鬚粉
Gan	Nanchang	線粉
Hakka	Meixian	粉絲
	Yudu	粉絲
Huizhou	Jixi	粉絲
Jin	Taiyuan	粉絲, 細粉, 細粉絲
	Xinzhou	粉絲子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	粉絲, 山東粉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	粉絲, 山東粉
	Matsu	山東粉
Southern Min	Xiamen	冬粉, 粉絲
	Quanzhou	冬粉
	Zhangzhou	冬粉, 粉仔
	Taipei	冬粉
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Manila (Hokkien)	冬粉, 山東粉
	Chaozhou	粉絲
	Jieyang	粉條, 粉絲
Wu	Shanghai	線粉, 粉絲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	索粉, 線粉
	Suzhou	線粉, 索粉 wet
	Danyang	索粉
	Hangzhou	線粉
	Ningbo	線粉
	Wenzhou	洋粉
Xiang	Changsha	湘粉, 粉絲, 南粉, 西粉 less common
	Shuangfeng	南粉

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

  (Pinyin): fěnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fún-sṳ̂ / fèn-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hún-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hung² si¹

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• 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fún-sṳ̂ / fèn-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: fun` sii´ / fenˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fun³ si¹ / fen² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fun³¹ sɨ²⁴/, /fen¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/

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/

Noun

粉絲

1. (informal) fan (e.g. of music, movies, celebrities)

   我是他的粉絲。／我是他的粉丝。  ―  Wǒ shì tā de fěnsī.  ―  I'm a fan of his.

   • 2022, “腩兄腩弟”, in 黃荷韻, 李文軒 (lyrics), 黃荷韻 (music), 掃地僧‎^[1], performed by Vyan ft. 李文軒 [Hin Leeh]:

     清秀又清瘦時粉絲爭住咀 [Cantonese, trad.]
     清秀又清瘦时粉丝争住咀 [Cantonese, simp.]

     cing¹ sau³ jau⁶ cing¹ sau³ si⁴ fen¹ si² zaang¹ zyu⁶ zeoi² [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• fan屎 (neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory)
• 愛好家／爱好家 (àihàojiā)
• 愛好者／爱好者 (àihàozhě)
• 業餘者／业余者 (yèyúzhě)
• 番薯 (fānshǔ)
• 發燒友／发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
• 迷 (mí) (used as a suffix)
• 飯／饭 (fàn) (neologism, slang)

 

Derived terms

• 果粉 (guǒfěn)
• 狗粉絲／狗粉丝 (gǒufěnsī)
• 粉絲圈／粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān)
• 粉絲群／粉丝群 (fěnsīqún)

 

Etymology 3

		dust; powder	silk; thread; trace
trad. (粉絲)		粉	絲
simp. (粉丝)		粉	丝

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): hūng-*sĭ

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hūng-*sĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²¹ si⁵⁵/

Adjective

粉絲

1. (Eastern Min, chiefly of fabric) in small, thin pieces