可可粉 (kě kě fěn) — cocoa powder

Definition

noun
cocoa powder

Examples

  • 可可粉。
    Wǒ yòng kě kě fěn zuò le dàn gāo.
    I made a cake with cocoa powder.
  • 可可粉。
    Nǐ kě yǐ zài chāo shì mǎi dào kě kě fěn.
    You can buy cocoa powder at the supermarket.
  • 可可粉。
    Yì bēi rè kě kě fěn jiā niú nǎi hěn hǎo hē.
    A cup of hot cocoa with milk tastes great.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

可可cocoa
可kě可kě
音译Transliteration
粉fěnpowder

可可 spells cocoa, while 粉 gives powder.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

Open 可 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

Open 可 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn粉fěn
Same sound today

粉 pairs 米 (rice) with 分 for its sound. The rice part points to face powder made from rice.

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