五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder 粉 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of syn 䎃 rǎn (ornithology) down 粉饼 粉餅 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder 白粉 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin syn 香粉 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder syn 爽身粉 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder syn 毒奶粉 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] 二氧化铀粉末 二氧化鈾粉末 èr yǎng huà yóu fěn mò uranium oxide powder / oxide powder / powdered uranium 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 垂 chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn 喜群飞 喜群飛 xǐ qún fēi (ornithology) gregarious 红寡妇鸟 紅寡婦鳥 hóng guǎ fu niǎo (ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix) 鸟类学 鳥類學 niǎo lèi xué ornithology / study of birds 柳莺 柳鶯 liǔ yīng (ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus) 小美洲鸵 小美洲鴕 xiǎo měi zhōu tuó (ornithology) lesser rhea / Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata) 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down 倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn 撂 liào to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard syn 投井下石 tóu jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 崩倒 bēng dǎo to collapse / to crash down / to fall down in a heap 掺水 摻水 chān shuǐ to dilute / to water down / watered down 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 披垂 pī chuí (of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover / to flow down 下视 下視 xià shì to look down from above / (fig.) to look down on / to despise 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 拖垮 tuō kuǎ to drag down / to bring down 面子 miàn zi (medicinal) powder syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 剂型 劑型 jì xíng delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc) 洗衣粉 xǐ yī fěn laundry detergent / washing powder 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm) 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 细粉 細粉 xì fěn powder 散粉 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup) 粉盒 fěn hé (cosmetics) powder box / compact 粉扑 粉撲 fěn pū powder puff (cosmetics) 化妆室 化妝室 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets 散剂 散劑 sǎn jì powder medicine syn 可可粉 kě kě fěn cocoa powder 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 火药桶 火藥桶 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg 绵白糖 綿白糖 mián bái táng sugar powder 咖喱粉 gā lí fěn curry powder 黑火药 hēi huǒ yào black powder 牙粉 yá fěn tooth powder 泡打粉 pào dǎ fěn baking powder 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 末子 mò zi powder / dust syn 发粉 發粉 fā fěn baking powder syn 末 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man syn 丹 dān red / pellet / powder / cinnabar syn 霜 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream syn 敷 fū to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 搽 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on syn 揞 ǎn to apply (medicinal powder to a wound) / to cover up / to conceal 保德河县 保德河縣 bǎo dé hé xiàn Powder 五香粉 wǔ xiāng fěn five-spice powder 好立克 hǎo lì kè Horlicks (malt-flavored powder used to make a hot drink) 抹茶 mǒ chá green tea powder (Japanese: matcha) 敷粉 fū fěn to sprinkle powder / a dusting 末儿 末兒 mò r powder / puree syn 末茶 mò chá tea powder (matcha) 母乳代 mǔ rǔ dài substitute for mother's milk / milk powder 洗发粉 洗髮粉 xǐ fà fěn shampoo powder 焙粉 bèi fěn baking powder 生粉 shēng fěn cornflour / starch powder (cooking) 石粉 shí fěn talcum powder 红辣椒粉 紅辣椒粉 hóng là jiāo fěn red pepper powder / paprika 美禄 美祿 měi lù Nestlé Milo (chocolate-flavored powder added to milk or water) 芡粉 qiàn fěn cornstarch / powder made from Gorgon fruit 花黄 花黃 huā huáng yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) 茶叶末儿 茶葉末兒 chá yè mò r tea leaves powder 金鸡纳霜 金雞納霜 jīn jī nà shuāng quinine powder syn 猪血糕 豬血糕 zhū xiě gāo pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces 吉士粉 jí shì fěn custard powder 乳钵 乳缽 rǔ bō small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM) 可湿性粉末 kě shī xìng fěn mò wettable powder 