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分钟

fēn zhōng

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 分鐘

分钟 (fēn zhōng) means "minute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 分钟 means

1. minute

The characters in 分钟

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟

Example sentences

• 休息10分钟
  Let's take a 10-minute break.
• 几分钟后见。
  See you in a couple of minutes.
• 再等十分钟！
  Wait ten more minutes!
• 请稍等五分钟。
  Please wait for five minutes.
• 再给我五分钟。
  Give me five more minutes.
• 五分钟过去了。
  Five minutes passed.

Words containing 分钟

• 三分钟热度sān fēn zhōng rè dùbrief period of enthusiasm; flash in the pan
• 台上一分钟，台下十年功tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōngten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

Where 分钟 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fēn zhōng correctly.
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