| 生粉水 |
shēng fěn shuǐ |
starch solution (cooking) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 生粉 |
shēng fěn |
cornflour / starch powder (cooking) |
| 粉 |
fěn |
powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝) / to be a fan of |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |