# 粉絲
## Chinese

* 粉絲

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fěnsī
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fen$^3$ si$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fan$^2$ si$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fún-sṳ̂
* Northern Min (KCR): hǒng-sí
* Eastern Min (BUC): hūng-sĭ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hún-si
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fen$^3$ sr$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fěnsī
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fěnsih
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^3$-ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: fěn-sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feensy
*** Palladius: фэньсы (fɛnʹsy)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fen$^3$ si$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fens
*** Sinological IPA : /fən⁵³ sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^2$ si$^1$
*** Yale: fán sī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^2$ si$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^2$ xi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fún-sṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˋ$ sii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^3$ si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun³¹ sɨ²⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǒng-sí
*** Sinological IPA : /xɔŋ²¹ si⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hūng-sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$ni⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-si
*** Tâi-lô: hún-si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: fen$^3$ sr$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fe̞n³³ sz̩⁴⁴⁵/

#### Noun

粉絲
* cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli (transparent noodle made from starch)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 粉絲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 粉, 粉絲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 粉絲, 冬粉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 粉絲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 冬粉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 細粉條兒, 粉絲 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 粉絲, 粉絲子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 粉絲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 粉絲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 粉絲, 粉絲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 粉絲兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 粉絲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 粉絲子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 粉絲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 粉絲, 粉, 粉條, 條粉 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 線粉, 粉條 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 粉絲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 粉絲, 索粉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 粉絲, 索粉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 來絲, 粉仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 來絲仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 粉仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 粉仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 珍絲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 細粉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 細粉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 細粉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 來絲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 粉絲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鬚粉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 粉絲, 冬粉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 粉絲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 線粉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 粉絲, 麵線 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 來絲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 粉仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 米絲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 粉絲 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 來絲仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 冬粉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 粉絲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 粉絲, 細粉, 細粉絲 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 粉絲子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 粉絲, 山東粉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 粉絲, 山東粉 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 山東粉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 冬粉, 粉絲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冬粉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 冬粉, 粉仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 冬粉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 冬粉 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 冬粉, 山東粉 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 粉絲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 粉條, 粉絲 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 豆簽, 冬粉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 珍絲 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 珍絲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 線粉, 粉絲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 索粉, 線粉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 線粉, 索粉 wet |
| Wu | Danyang | 索粉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 線粉 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 線粉 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 洋粉 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 湘粉, 粉絲, 南粉, 西粉 less common |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 南粉 |

### Etymology 2

Through Cantonese, humorous phono-semantic matching of English fans. Doublet of 飯／饭 (fàn).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fěnsī
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fen$^1$ si$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fún-sṳ̂ / fèn-sṳ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hún-si
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hung$^2$ si$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fěnsī
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄙ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fěnsih
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^3$-ssŭ$^1$
*** Yale: fěn-sz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feensy
*** Palladius: фэньсы (fɛnʹsy)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fen$^1$ si$^2$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fen$^1$ si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɛːn⁵⁵ siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fún-sṳ̂ / fèn-sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: fun$^ˋ$ sii$^ˊ$ / fen$^ˇ$ sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fun$^3$ si$^1$ / fen$^2$ si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fun³¹ sɨ²⁴/, /fen¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún-si
*** Tâi-lô: hún-si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hwnsy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hung$^2$ si$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húng si
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ si³³/

#### Noun

粉絲
* (informal) fan (e.g. of music, movies, celebrities)
    我是他的粉絲。／我是他的粉丝。 ― Wǒ shì tā de fěnsī. ― I'm a fan of his.
** 2022, “腩兄腩弟”, in 黃荷韻, 李文軒 (lyrics), 黃荷韻 (music), 掃地僧‎, performed by Vyan ft. 李文軒 [Hin Leeh]:
       cing$^1$ sau$^3$ jau$^6$ cing$^1$ sau$^3$ si$^4$ fen$^1$ si$^2$ zaang$^1$ zyu$^6$ zeoi$^2$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Internet) follower

##### Synonyms

(fans):
* fan屎 (neologism, slang, humorous, derogatory)
* 愛好家／爱好家 (àihàojiā)
* 愛好者／爱好者 (àihàozhě)
* 業餘者／业余者 (yèyúzhě)
* 番薯 (fānshǔ)
* 發燒友／发烧友 (fāshāoyǒu)
* 迷 (mí) (used as a suffix)
* 飯／饭 (fàn) (neologism, slang)
(follower): 追蹤者／追踪者

##### Derived terms

* 果粉 (guǒfěn)
* 狗粉絲／狗粉丝 (gǒufěnsī)
* 粉絲圈／粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān)
* 粉絲群／粉丝群 (fěnsīqún)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): hūng-*sĭ
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hūng-*sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /huŋ³³⁻²¹ si⁵⁵/

#### Adjective

粉絲
* (Eastern Min, chiefly of fabric) in small, thin pieces