粪 (fèn): manure, dung
粪 (fèn) is a Chinese character meaning “manure.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 米 (semantic) and 共 (phonetic). It ranks #2684 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 粪 grain. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 米 (mǐ, uncooked rice), 类 (lèi, kind), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- manure
- dung
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粪便noun | fèn biàn | excrement |
| 粪坑noun | fèn kēng | latrine pit |
| 化粪池noun | huà fèn chí | septic tank |
| 大粪noun | dà fèn | human excrement |
| 粪土noun | fèn tǔ | dirty soil |
| 粪肥noun | fèn féi | manure |
| 鲜花插在牛粪上 | xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng | lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure |
| 视如粪土 | shì rú fèn tǔ | to look upon as dirt |
| 粪化石 | fèn huà shí | coprolite |
| 马粪纸noun | mǎ fèn zhǐ | strawboard |
| 粪金龟子 | fèn jīn guī zǐ | dung beetle |
| 粪道 | fèn dào | coprodeum (in birds) |
| 满嘴喷粪 | mǎn zuǐ pēn fèn | to talk bullshit |
| 粪水 | fèn shuǐ | wastewater that contains feces |
| 粪除 | fèn chú | (literary) to clean up |
粪 appears in 29 compound words: 59 as the first character, 28 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 粪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个粪字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě fèn zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "粪" had different meanings in classical Chinese.
至于牛粪那肯定是要不得,利用率太低,羊粪的话还有些价值。
zhì yú niú fèn nà kěn dìng shì yāo bù dé , lì yòng lǜ tài dī , yáng fèn de huà hái yǒu xiē jià zhí .
As for cow manure, that’s definitely out of the question—it’s too inefficient. Sheep manure, on the other hand, does have some value.
一开始有些嫌弃捡粪的孩子们,在干爸干妈不断鼓励下,坚持完成了所有清理任务。
yī kāi shǐ yǒu xiē xián qì jiǎn fèn de hái zǐ men , zài gān bà gān mā bù duàn gǔ lì xià , jiān chí wán chéng le suǒ yǒu qīng lǐ rèn wù .
At first, they were a bit put off by the children who were picking up manure, but with constant encouragement from their foster parents, they persevered and completed all the cleanup tasks.
首先是粪便集卵检查:建议连续3天留取粪便送检,因虫卵排放呈间歇性,单次易漏诊。
shǒu xiān shì fèn biàn jí luǎn jiǎn chá : jiàn yì lián xù 3 tiān liú qǔ fèn biàn sòng jiǎn , yīn chóng luǎn pái fàng chéng jiān xiē xìng , dān cì yì lòu zhěn .
First, a fecal egg examination: It is recommended to collect fecal samples for testing on three consecutive days, as the shedding of parasite eggs is intermittent, and a single sample may result in a missed diagnosis.
幽门杆菌粪便检测 吃成药恐测不准
yōu mén gān jūn fèn biàn jiǎn cè chī chéng yào kǒng cè bù zhǔn
Helicobacter stool test Eating over-the-counter medicine may not be accurate
女生徒步失联被找到:用牛粪保温 背后真相令人心疼
nǚ shēng tú bù shī lián bèi zhǎo dào : yòng niú fèn bǎo wēn bèi hòu zhēn xiāng lìng rén xīn téng
The female student was found missing: the truth behind the cow dung was distressing
别把鲜花插在牛粪上。
Bié bǎ xiānhuāchāzàiniúfènshàng.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 米 (grain) component
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