粉底

Chinese

		dust; powder	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (粉底)		粉	底
simp. #(粉底)		粉	底

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English foundation. Possibly originally Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěndǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěndǐ [Phonetic: féndǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěndǐ
    • Wade–Giles: fên³-ti³
    • Yale: fěn-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feendii
    • Palladius: фэньди (fɛnʹdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan² dai²
    • Yale: fán dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

粉底

1. foundation (in cosmetics and makeup)