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fēn

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fēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fēn | fen1
English translation
leave instructions
to order
to order, to command; to instruct

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About fēn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

fēn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of fēn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口分

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

fēn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and fēn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using fēn

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zhào de 吩咐 fēnfù 所有 suǒyǒu de 兵器 bīng qì dōu nuó zǒu le ?

Have you removed all the weapons as I bade you?

特雷莎 Tè léi shā 告诉 gàosu 他们 tā men 所有 suǒyǒu de 电话 diàn huà dōu Bié guà 吩咐 fēnfù 她的服装 fúzhuāng Shī

"Tell them to hold all my calls, Theresa," she instructed her dresser.

hěn 善于 shànyú ràng 男人 nán rén yǐn de 吩咐 fēnfù

She is very clever at getting men to do her bidding!

如果 rúguǒ 可以 kěyǐ 效劳 xiào láo 的话 de huà 敬请 jìng qǐng 吩咐 fēnfù

If I can be of service, I am at your disposal.

吩咐 fēnfù 员工 yuángōng jiāng 机密文件 jī mì wén jiàn yòng 碎纸机 suì zhǐ jī 销毁 xiāohuǐ

He instructed staff to shred sensitive documents.

Words with fēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
吩咐 fēnfù to tell吩咐 fēnfù
fēn to order fēn
噻吩 sāi fēn thiophene (chemistry) (loanword)噻吩 sāi fēn

fēn Decomposition & Compounds

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fēn Decomposition

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