# 淀粉 (diànfěn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 淀粉 (diànfěn) means “starch”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: starch
- Pinyin: diànfěn (dian4 fen3)
- Traditional: 澱粉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 土豆里含有大量的淀粉。
  Tǔdòu lǐ hányǒu dàliàng de diànfěn.
  Potatoes contain a lot of starch.

## Characters

- 淀 (diàn): shallow lake (usu. in place names); to form sediment; to precipitate
- [粉](https://hanziro.com/word/fen-powder/) (fěn): powder; pink

https://hanziro.com/word/dian-fen-starch/

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