粪

fèn

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Uncommon

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Definitions

1. manure
2. dung

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Antonyms

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• 香 xiāng 香 xiāng fragrant fragrant; used in the idiom '鲜花插在牛粪上' (a fresh flower stuck in cow dung) contrasting beauty and filth: fragrant

Register variants

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• 粪便 fèn biàn 粪便 fèn biàn excrement more formal or scientific term for excrement: excrement
• 屎 shǐ 屎 shǐ stool more colloquial and direct term for feces: stool

Related words

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• 肥料 féi liào 肥料 féi liào fertilizer fertilizer; related to the agricultural use of manure: fertilizer

Usage notes

Common mistakes

Don't confuse 粪 (fèn, excrement) with 愤 (fèn, indignation) or 奋 (fèn, exert). They share pronunciation but have different radicals and meanings.

Formality

粪 is formal/literary; in everyday speech 屎 or 大便 is more common. 粪 is often used in agricultural or compound terms (e.g., 粪肥 'manure fertilizer').

Example Sentences

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农民用 粪 给田地施肥。

Farmers use manure to fertilize the fields.

粪 土！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 849657)

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Words Containing 粪

• 粪便 粪便 fèn biàn: excrement
• 倒粪 倒粪 dào fèn: to turn over manure
• 化粪池 化粪池 huà fèn chí: septic tank
• 尝粪 尝粪 cháng fèn: to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety)
• 喷粪 喷粪 pēn fèn: to talk crap; to be full of shit
• 大粪 大粪 dà fèn: human excrement
• 扒粪 扒粪 pá fèn: muckraking
• 满嘴喷粪 满嘴喷粪 mǎn zuǐ pēn fèn: to talk bullshit
• 牲畜粪 牲畜粪 shēng chù fèn: animal manure
• 粪凼 粪凼 fèn dàng: cesspool
• 粪化石 粪化石 fèn huà shí: coprolite
• 粪土 粪土 fèn tǔ: dirty soil
• 粪坑 粪坑 fèn kēng: latrine pit
• 粪尿 粪尿 fèn niào: feces and urine
• 粪石 粪石 fèn shí: coprolite
• 粪耙 粪耙 fèn pá: manure rake
• 粪肥 粪肥 fèn féi: manure
• 粪草 粪草 fèn cǎo: trash
• 粪蛆 粪蛆 fèn qū: muckworm
• 粪道 粪道 fèn dào: coprodeum (in birds)
• 粪金龟 粪金龟 fèn jīn guī: dung beetle
• 粪金龟子 粪金龟子 fèn jīn guī zǐ: dung beetle
• 粪除 粪除 fèn chú: (literary) to clean up
• 粪青 粪青 fèn qīng: \shit youth\, sarcastic homonym for 憤青|愤青[fèn qīng]
• 胎粪 胎粪 tāi fèn: meconium
• 视如粪土 视如粪土 shì rú fèn tǔ: to look upon as dirt
• 马粪纸 马粪纸 mǎ fèn zhǐ: strawboard
• 鲜花插在牛粪上 鲜花插在牛粪上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng: lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
• 鸟粪 鸟粪 niǎo fèn: guano