吩咐

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (吩咐)		吩	咐
simp. ^#(吩咐)		吩	咐
2nd round simp.		分付
alternative forms		分付 obsolete

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnfù

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ fu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fûn-fu

(Hailu, HRS): fun^ˋ fu^ˇ / fon^ˋ fu^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hong¹ hu⁴ / huerng¹ hu⁴ / huong¹ hu⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoan-hù / hun-hù

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ hu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnfù → fēnfu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄈㄨˋ → ㄈㄣ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenfů
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-fu⁵
  - Yale: fēn-fu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen.fuh
  - Palladius: фэньфу (fɛnʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/ → /fən⁵⁵ fu²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    分付
    吩咐
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ fu³
  - Yale: fān fu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ fu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ fu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ fuː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-fu
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ fu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˋ fu^ˇ / fon^ˋ fu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /fun⁵³ fu¹¹/, /fon⁵³ fu¹¹/

Note: fonˋ fuˇ - vernacular.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong¹ hu⁴ [Phonetic: hong² ngu⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: heong-hu̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(h-)ŋu⁴²/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hong¹ hu⁴ [Phonetic: hong² ngu⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(h-)ŋu⁴²/
- (Donghai)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huerng¹ hu⁴ [Phonetic: huerng⁵ ngu⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huɤŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)ŋu⁴²/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huerng¹ hu⁴ [Phonetic: huerng² ngu⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɯəŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(h-)ŋu⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huong¹ hu⁴ [Phonetic: huong² ngu⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(h-)ŋu⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-hù
  - Tâi-lô: huan-hù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoanhux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ hu¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² hu²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-hù
  - Tâi-lô: hun-hù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunhux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ hu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² hu²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ hu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung hù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ hu²¹³/

Verb

吩咐

to give instructions; to advise; to instruct
to order; to command
- 耶和華說：「誰告訴你赤身露體呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子嗎？」 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
  耶和华说：「谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？」 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:11
  Yéhéhuá shuō: “Shéi gàosù nǐ chìshēn lùtǐ ne? Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfù nǐ bùkě chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma?” [Pinyin]
  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Synonyms

(to give instructions to):

交代 (jiāodài)
交帶 / 交带 (gaau¹ daai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
付囑 / 付嘱 (fùzhǔ) (obsolete)
叮嚀 / 叮咛 (dīngníng)
叮囑 / 叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ)
囑咐 / 嘱咐 (zhǔfù)
招呼 (zhāohū)
讓 / 让 (ràng)

(to order):

下令 (xiàlìng)
令
命令 (mìnglìng)
指令 (zhǐlìng)
申令 (shēnlìng) (formal)
著令 (zhuólìng)
號令 / 号令 (hàolìng)
責令 / 责令 (zélìng)
責成 / 责成 (zéchéng)
飭令 / 饬令 (chìlìng) (dated, usually in official documents)

References

“吩咐”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.