黄粉

黃粉
huángfěn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 yellow powder
  2. 2 (short for) mealworm (黄粉虫)

Examples

HSK 6
Tā yǎng xīyì, měizhōu mǎi yī hé huángfěnchóng.
He keeps lizards and buys a box of mealworms each week.
HSK 7-9
Qiángjiǎo fāxiàn le yīxiē huángfěn, kěnéng shì fěnbǐ huī.
We found some yellow powder in the corner - probably chalk dust.

Tips

usage
Plain 'yellow powder' as a description; in pet/feed contexts it's an abbreviation of 黄粉虫 (mealworm). It also appears as a fragment in compounds: 玉米黄粉 (corn gluten meal), 黄粉病 (rust disease in plants).

Stroke Order

huáng
fěn