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喷

pēn · pen/pèn · pen

Traditional 噴

HSK 5

Meaning

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pēn 噴

  1. to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff
  2. (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)

pèn 噴

  1. (of a smell) strong
  2. peak season (of a crop)
  3. (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)
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Is that perfume?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)往(wǎng)花(huā)上(shàng)喷(pēn)什么(shénme)？

    What are you spraying on the flowers?

  2. Dengdeng

    喷(pēn)水(shuǐ)，花(huā)太(tài)干(gān)了(le)。

    Spraying water. The flowers are too dry.

  3. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)这个(zhège)瓶子(píngzi)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)香水(xiāngshuǐ)！

    But that bottle is my perfume!

  4. Dengdeng

    难怪(nánguài)花(huā)这么(zhème)香(xiāng)，我(wǒ)喷(pēn)了(le)三下(sānxià)。

    No wonder the flowers smell so good. I sprayed three times.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)往(wǎng)花(huā)上(shàng)喷(pēn)了(le)一(yì)些(xiē)水(shuǐ)。

He sprayed some water on the flowers.

02

火(huǒ)山(shān)喷(pēn)出(chū)了(le)浓(nóng)烟(yān)和(hé)岩(yán)浆(jiāng)。

The volcano spewed thick smoke and lava.

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