转粉

轉粉
zhuǎnfěn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to convert from hater to fan
  2. 2 to come around (and become a fan)

Examples

Wǒ yǐqián bù xǐhuan tā, kàn le zhège cǎifǎng zhīhòu lìkè zhuǎnfěn.
I didn't like him before, but after watching this interview I instantly came around.
Hǎo duō hēifěn kàn le tā de xiànchǎng biǎoyǎn jiù zhuǎnfěn le.
A lot of haters became fans after seeing her perform live.

Tips

usage
Specifically a hater→fan conversion (转粉). The opposite — fan→hater — is 脱粉 (tuōfěn, 'leave the fan group') or 脱粉回踩 (tuōfěn huícǎi, 'leave and trash-talk'). Don't confuse 转粉 with 涨粉 (zhǎngfěn, gain followers in general).
culture
Fandom (饭圈 fànquān) vocabulary is rich: 黑粉 (haters), 路人 (lùrén, neutral 'passerby'), 唯粉 (wéifěn, single-bias fan), CP (shippers), 团粉 (group fans). Movement between camps is named precisely — 转粉 = path-taken from hate to love.

Stroke Order

zhuǎn
fěn