齏粉

齏粉

Chinese

		fragment; spices	dust; powder
trad. (齏粉)		齏	粉
simp. (齑粉)		齑	粉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīfěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄈㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai¹ fan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jīfěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄈㄣˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jifeen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jifěn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 虀粉 雞粉／鸡粉

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai¹ fan²
    • Yale: jāi fán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai¹ fan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei¹ fen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯⁵⁵ fɐn³⁵/

Noun

齏粉

1. (archaic) fine powder
2. (figuratively) remnant of something completely destroyed

   • 這是一定的，誰要反共誰就要準備變成齏粉。 [MSC, trad.]
     这是一定的，谁要反共谁就要准备变成齑粉。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè shì yīdìng de, shuí yào fǎngòng shuí jiùyào zhǔnbèi biànchéng jīfěn. [Pinyin]

     This much is certain, whoever wants to oppose the Communist Party must be prepared to be ground to dust.