Chinese dictionary
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n.point; mark
她英语考了九十分。
She got 90 marks in the English examination.
六十分为及格。
Sixty is the passing mark.
我在这次考试中得了十分。
I got ten points in this test.
- 2
n.fen, a fractional unit of money in China (=1/100 of a yuan or 1/10 of a jiao)
六元三角五分
6.35 yuan
- 3
measure wordminute (=1/60 of an hour)
三点四十五分
a quarter to four
现在是七点差五分。
It is five minutes to seven.
我在六点十分起床。
I get up at ten past six.
- 4
adj.branch (of an organization)
银行分行不可以办理这类业务。
This kind of business cannot be settled in the branch of the bank.
这家公司有多少间分公司?
How many branch do the company have?
该出版社在全国各地都设有分行。
The publisher has branches in all parts of the country.
- 5
n.(for evaluation of nonphysical things) one-tenth
十分
very much
七分成绩,三分错误
70 percent achievements, 30 percent mistakes
- 6
v.divide; separate; split
他们分了那笔钱。
They divided the money among themselves.
这药每天分三次吃。
This medicine is to be taken in three separate doses every day.
事物都是一分为二的。
All things invariably divide into two.
- 7
v.distribute; assign; allot
这工作分给你。
This job is assigned to you.
她把任务分我了。
She assigned the task to me.
他临终前把财产分给子女了。
He divided his property among his children on deathbed.
- 8
v.distinguish; differentiate
他是非不分。
He couldn't distinguish right from wrong.
我总是分不清他和他的弟弟。
I can never tell him from his brother.
两队现在还难分胜负。
Now it's still a tossup between the two teams.
- 9
measure wordunit of length (1 fen=1/3 centimetre or 1/10 cun)
分寸
sense of propriety
三尺零五分
three chi and half a cun
- 10
n.fraction
约分
reduction of a fraction
通分
reduce a fraction to its lowest terms
- 11
n.(used for fractions and percentages)
二分之一
half
十分之一
one-tenth
百分之五
five percent
- 12
n.one tenth (of certain units of the metric system)
有十分把握
be hundred-percent sure
- 13
n.fen, a unit of area (=66.666 square metres)
三亩七分地
3.7 mu of land
- 14
n.fen, a unit of weight (=1/2 gram)
二两四钱五分
2.45 liang
- 15
measure wordminute (=1/60 of a degree of angle or arc)
东经129度15分
129 degrees 15 minutes east longitude
成36度30分角
form an angle of 36 degrees 30 minutes
- 16
n.rate of interest
年利一分五
15% annual interest
年利一分
10% interest a year
年利二分
20% interest per year
Words and phrases with 分
- 分享[word]share
- 分级[word]grade
- 分歧[word]divergence; different
- 分类[word]categorize; assortment
- 分公司[word]subsidiary/branch office/company
- 分辨[word]distinguish; resolution
- 分明[word]distinct; clearly
- 分成[word]group; divide by percentage
- 分红[word]share surplus or profits
- 分门别类[idiom]classify
- 分文不取[idiom]not charge/take even a penny
- 分期付款[idiom]hire purchase
- 分道扬镳[idiom]jerk the reins to take separate routes; go different/separate ways
- 分一杯羹[idiom]take a share of the spoils/profits
- 分庭抗礼[idiom]stand up to somebody as an equal
- 分期分批[idiom]batch by batch and stage by stage
- 分崩离析[idiom]disintegrate
- 分工合作[idiom]cooperate with due division of labour
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "fēn", "分" means action and also used as a quantifier; when pronounced as "fèn", it often means things, such as "分量" and "情分" .