粉末状 (fěn mò zhuàng) — powdered, powdery (in the form of powder)

Definition

adjective

powderedpowdery (in the form of powder)

粉末状。
Zhè zhǒng fěn mò zhuàng de yào pǐn fú yòng qián yào yáo yún.
This powdered medicine needs to be shaken before taking.
粉末状。
Bǎ bái táng niǎn chéng fěn mò zhuàng hòu gèng róng yì róng huà.
After the sugar is ground into powder, it dissolves more easily.
粉末状，。
Nǎi fěn shì fěn mò zhuàng de, yào yòng wēn shuǐ chōng pào.
The milk powder is powdered; it should be mixed with warm water.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

粉末powder

粉fěnpowder末mòfine powder

联合Side by side

粉末 'powder' plus 状 'form' gives 'powderlike'.

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.

米分粉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

Same sound today

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

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

末 adds a mark at the top of a tree-like shape to show its tip or end.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 狀; 状 is its simplified writing.

爿犬狀

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

爿

爿pán狀zhuàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 狀 pairs 犬 (dog) with 爿 as a sound component; the simplified 状 is a shorthand, not the historical shape.