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分为

fēn wéi

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 分為

分为 (fēn wéi) means "to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 分为 means

1. to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide

The characters in 分为

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Example sentences

• 考试分为两个部分。
  Kǎoshì fēnwéi liǎng gè bùfen.
  The exam was divided into two parts.
• 那本词典分为两卷。
  The dictionary comes in two volumes.
• 他把他的书分为五类。
  He divided his books into five categories.
• 赤道把地球分为两个半球。
  Chìdào bǎ dìqiú fēnwéi liǎng gè bànqiú.
  The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
• 佛教思想分为哪一些宗派？
  Which schools is Buddhist thought divided into?

Words containing 分为

• 一分为二yī fēn wéi èrone divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything

Sounds the same

Read fēn wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 氛围ambience; atmosphere
• 雰围variant of 氛围

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fēn wéi correctly.
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