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份

fèn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

份 (fèn) means "portion/copy (measure)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 份 means

1. classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
2. variant of {分|fèn}

Example sentences

• 8月份没课。
  There is no school during August.
• 这份设计很蠢。
  This is a stupid design.
• 我就要份牛排。
  I will take the beefsteak.
• 这些份量太大了
  The portions are ginormous.
• 了解这份文件。
  Learn about this documentation.
• 这是我的身份证。
  Zhè shì wǒ de shēnfènzhèng.
  This is my I.D. card.

Words starting with 份

• 份子fèn zione's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively); cash gift
• 份额fèn éshare; portion
• 份儿fèn rdegree; extent; allotted share
• 份子钱fèn zi qiángift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
• 份儿饭fèn r fànset meal
• 份量fèn liangvariant of 分量

Words containing 份

• 身份shēn fènidentity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role…
• 股份gǔ fèna share (in a company); stock
• 备份bèi fènbackup
• 月份yuè fènmonth
• 身份证shēn fèn zhèngidentity card; ID
• 省份shěng fènprovince
• 年份nián fènparticular year
• 有份yǒu fènto have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved
• 九月份jiǔ yuè fènSeptember
• 股份公司gǔ fèn gōng sījoint-stock company
• 十月份shí yuè fènOctober
• 八月份bā yuè fènAugust
• 七月份qī yuè fènJuly
• 六月份liù yuè fènJune
• 股份有限公司gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sījoint-stock limited company; corporation
• 一月份yī yuè fènJanuary
• 全份quán fèncomplete set
• 车份chē fènvehicle rental fee paid by cab and rickshaw drivers
• 出份子chū fèn zito club together (to offer a gift); to hold a whip-round
• 持份者chí fèn zhě(Hong Kong) stakeholder
• 身份卡shēn fèn kǎidentity card; ID card
• 月份会议yuè fèn huì yìmonthly meeting; monthly conference
• 身份政治shēn fèn zhèng zhìidentity politics
• 身份证明shēn fèn zhèng míngID card; proof of identity

Characters built on 分

These share the phonetic component 分 (fēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 芬fēnperfume; fragrance
• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 吩fēnused in 吩咐; used in transliteration of chemical compounds
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred
• 酚fēn(bound form) phenol

Characters that look like 份

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 价jiàprice; value; (chemistry) valence
• 估gūto estimate
• 伦lúnhuman relationship; order; coherence
• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 吩fēnused in 吩咐; used in transliteration of chemical compounds
• 汾fénname of a river

Sounds the same

Read fèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奋to exert oneself (bound form)
• 愤indignant; anger; resentment
• 粪manure; dung
• 分part; share; ingredient
• 瀵name of a river; valley vapor
• 忿anger; indignation; hatred
• 鲼any ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order
• 瞓to sleep (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 睡
• 偾to instigate; to ruin; to destroy

Where 份 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Shopping & everyday consumption (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fèn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.