粉絲

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ

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

(deprecated template usage) 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	粉, 粉絲
	Taiwan	粉絲, 冬粉
	Harbin	粉絲
	Singapore	冬粉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	細粉條兒, 粉絲
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	粉絲, 粉絲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	粉絲兒
	Wanrong	粉絲
	Xi'an	粉絲, 粉絲兒
	Xining	粉絲兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	粉絲
	Lanzhou	粉絲子
	Ürümqi	粉絲兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉
	Wuhan	線粉, 粉條
	Liuzhou	粉絲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	粉絲, 索粉
	Yangzhou	粉絲, 索粉
	Hefei	粉絲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	粉絲
	Hong Kong	粉絲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	來絲, 粉仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	粉絲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	來絲仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	粉仔
	Macau	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	粉絲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	粉絲
	Foshan	粉絲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	粉仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	粉絲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	粉絲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	粉絲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	粉絲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	珍絲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	粉絲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	粉絲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	粉絲
	Taishan	細粉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	細粉
	Enping (Niujiang)	細粉
	Heshan (Yayao)	粉絲
	Dongguan	來絲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	粉絲
	Yangjiang	鬚粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	粉絲, 冬粉
Gan	Nanchang	線粉
Hakka	Meixian	粉絲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	粉絲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	來絲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	粉絲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	粉仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	米絲
	Yudu	粉絲
	Hong Kong	來絲仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	冬粉
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
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬粉
	Manila (Hokkien)	冬粉, 山東粉
	Chaozhou	粉絲
	Jieyang	粉條, 粉絲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豆簽, 冬粉
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	珍絲
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	珍絲
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)

Humorous phono-semantic matching of English fans.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² si¹ / fen¹ si²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fún-sṳ̂ / fèn-sṳ

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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 / fen¹ si²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan² si¹ / fen¹ si²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵ siː⁵⁵/, /fɛːn⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
• 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.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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

(deprecated template usage) 粉絲

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

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