Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt; fragrant; sneeze

Chinese: 喷出、喷射。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “pen” becomes a different word in each tone. 喷 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

  • 打喷嚏dǎ pēn tìto sneeze
  • 喷泉pēn quánfountain
  • 喷出pēn chūspout; spray; belch; to well up
  • 喷子pēn zisprayer; spraying apparatus; (slang) firearm; Internet troll
  • 喷发pēn fāto erupt; an eruption

Example Sentence

鲸鱼从头顶喷出一道水柱。Jīng yú cóng tóu dǐng pēn chū yí dào shuǐ zhù.The whale spouted a column of water from its head.

鲸鱼Jīng yúwhale从头cóng tóuanewdǐngapex喷出pēn chūspout一道yí dàotogethershuǐShui ethnic groupzhùpillar