4 strokes
4 画
fēn / fèn
dāo
knife
- divide; part; separate
- assign; distribute; allot
- distinguish; tell one from another
- branch
- point; mark
- fraction
- one-tenth; 10 per cent
- of time (1/60 of an hour)
- of money in China (1/100 of yuan)
- of weight (1/2 of a gram)
- of area (66.666 square metres)
- of length (1/3 of a centimetre)
- of degree (1/60 of a degree)
fēn-biàn
分辨
v.
distinguish; differentiate
fēn-biàn
分辨
v.
defend oneself (against a charge); offer an explanation
fēn-bié
分别
n.
part; leave each other / difference / separately; respectively
fēn-cùn
分寸
n.
sense of propriety; proper limits for speech or action
fēn-dān
分担
v.
share responsibility for
fēn-fā
分发
v.
issue; distribute; hand out
fēn-gōng
分工
n. / v.
division of labout / divide the work
fēn-guǎn
分管
v.
be put in charge of ; be assigned personal responsibility for
fēn-huà
分化
v.
become divided; split up; break up
fēn-jiā
分家
v.
break up the family and live apart
fēn-jiè-xiàn
分界线
n.
boundary; line of demarcation
fēn-jū
分居
v.
(wife and husband) live apart; separate
fēn-kāi
分开
v.
separate; part
fēn-lèi
分类
v.
classify
fēn-lí
分离
v.
separate; sever
fēn-liè
分裂
v.
sever; split; divide; break up
fēn-miǎn
分娩
v.
childbirth; parturition
fēn-míng
分明
adj. / adv.
clear / clearly; plainly; evidently
fēn-pèi
分配
v. / n.
assign; distribute; allot / distribution
fēn-qí
分歧
n.
difference; divergence
fēn-sàn
分散
v.
desperse; scatter; decentralize
fēn-shǒu
分手
v.
say good-bye; part company
fēn-shù
分数
n.
mark; grade / fraction
fēn-shuǐ-lǐng
分水岭
n.
divide; watershed / line of demarcation
fēn-tóu
分头
adv. / n.
severally; separately / parted hair
fēn-xī
分析
v.
analyse
fēn-xiǎng
分享
v.
share (joy. rights, etc.); partake of
fēn-xīn
分心
v.
divert one’s attention
fēn-yōu
分忧
v.
share sb.’s cares and burgens; help sb. to get over a difficulty
fēn-zǔ
分组
v.
divide into groups
fēn-dào-yáng-biāo
分道扬镳
separate and go one’s own way
fēn-mén-bié-lèi
分门别类
classify
fēn-miǎo-bì-zhēng
分秒必争
not even a second is to be lost
zhēng-fēn-duó-miǎo
争分夺秒
seize every minute and second; not a second is to be lost
Usage 用法
divide; part; separate
Yì-nián fēn-wéi sì-jì.
一年分为四季。
One year is divided into four seasons.
distinguish; tell one from another
Wǒ fēn-bu -qīng tā-men jiě-mèi-liǎ.
我分不清她们姐妹俩。
I can’t tell her from her sister.
branch
Wǒ-men zài Shàng-hǎi yǒu yì jiā fēn-gōng-sī.
我们在上海有一家分公司。
We have a branch company in Shanghai.
point; mark
Wǒ-men-duì yòu dé-le yì-fēn.
我们队又得了一分。
Our team scores another point.
fraction
Sān-fēn-zhī-yī.
三分之一。
One–third.
one-tenth; 10 per cent
Sì-fēn chéng-jì, liù-fēn cuò-wù.
四分成绩，六分错误。
40 percent achievements, 60 per cent mistakes.
of time (1/60 of an hour)
Xiàn-zài chà wǔ-fēn bā-diǎn.
现在差五分八点。
It’s five to eight.
of money in China (1/100 of yuan)
Wǒ huā-le liǎng-kuài sì-máo bā-fēn qián.
我花了两块四毛八分钱。
I have spent 2.48 yuan RMB.
of weight (1/2 of a gram)
Tā zhòng sān-liǎng liù-qián liù-fēn.
它重3两6钱6分。
It weights 3.66 liang.
of area (66.666 square metres)
Tā zhǐ-yǒu yì-mǔ-sān-fēn-dì.
他一共只有一亩三分地。
He only has a tiny piece of land.
of length (1/3 of a centimetre)
Wǒ yì-fēn yě bù bǐ tā ǎi.
我一分也不比他矮。
I’m not shorter than him by any means.
of degree (1/60 of a degree)
Cǐ-dì wèi-yú Dōng-jīng Yì-bǎi-líng-bā dù Shí-èr fēn.
此地位于东经108度12分。
It’s situated at longitude 108 degrees 12 minutes East.
