吸粉

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	dust; powder
trad. (吸粉)		吸	粉
simp. #(吸粉)		吸	粉

Etymology

As if short for 吸引粉絲／吸引粉丝 (xīyǐn fěnsī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ fan²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kib⁴ hung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīfěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sifěn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-fên³
    • Yale: syī-fěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shifeen
    • Palladius: сифэнь (sifɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ fan²
    • Yale: kāp fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ fɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kib⁴ hung²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khip húng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰip̚²⁻⁴ huŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

吸粉

1. (neologism, slang) to attract fans; to attract followers; to attract customers