Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

leave instructions; to order

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “fen” becomes a different word in each tone. 吩 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 吩咐fēn futo tell; to instruct; to command
  • 吩坦尼fēn tǎn nífentanyl (loanword) (Tw)
  • 卟吩bǔ fēnporphin C20H14N4 (loanword)
  • 吩嗪fēn qínphenazine (loanword)
  • 噻吩sāi fēnthiophene (chemistry) (loanword)

Example Sentence

老师吩咐我们明天带上画笔。Lǎo shī fēn fù wǒ men míng tiān dài shàng huà bǐ.The teacher told us to bring our brushes tomorrow.

老师Lǎo shīteacher吩咐fēn fùto tell我们wǒ menwe明天míng tiāntomorrow带上dài shàngto take along with one画笔huà bǐpainting brush