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分配

fēn pèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

分配 (fēn pèi) means "to distribute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 分配 means

1. to distribute
2. to assign
3. to allocate
4. to partition (a hard drive)

The characters in 分配

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 配pèito join; to fit; to mate

Example sentences

• 各尽所能、按需分配。
  Gè jìn suǒ néng, àn xū fēnpèi.
  From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.
• 现在不止要男女薪金平等，而且还要平均分配家务。
  It is time not only to equalize men's and women's wages, but also to equalize responsibility for housework.
• 自由职业的优点是，人们可以自由的分配他们的工作时间。它的缺点是，人们实际上必须24小时不间断的工作。
  The advantage of freelancing is that you can divide your time freely. The disadvantage is that you actually have to work around the clock.

Words starting with 分配

• 分配器fēn pèi qìdispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap); splitter (for cable TV signal etc)
• 分配律fēn pèi lǜ(math) distributive law

Words containing 分配

• 按需分配àn xū fēn pèidistribution according to need
• 按劳分配àn láo fēn pèidistribution according to work

Where 分配 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Science, Research & Inquiry (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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