胡粉

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	dust; powder
trad. (胡粉)		胡	粉
simp. #(胡粉)		胡	粉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ fan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húfěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húfěn
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-fên³
    • Yale: hú-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwufeen
    • Palladius: хуфэнь (xufɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ fan²
    • Yale: wùh fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ fɐn³⁵/

Noun

胡粉

1. white lead powder (used in makeup or wall paint)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
胡	粉
こう Jinmeiyō	ふん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

胡(ご) (go, “barbarian, foreign”) + 粉(ふん) (fun, “flour, powder, dust”)

Noun

胡粉(ごふん) • (gofun) 

1. white lead powder (used in makeup or wall paint), powdered calcium carbonate