一月份 (yī yuè fèn) — January | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

January

Examples

一月份。
yī yuè fèn Shì yì nián zhōng de dì yī gè yuè.
January is the first month of the year.
一月份。
Wǒ men yī yuè fèn yào qù lǚ xíng.
We're going on a trip in January.
一月份。
yī yuè fèn Qì wēn hěn dī.
The temperature is very low in January.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

月份month

月yuèmonth份fènportion

偏正Modifier + head

一 marks the first, 月份 is a month; together they mean January.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

月 was drawn as a crescent moon, with the curved outline showing the moon’s shape.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻分份

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

分fēn份fèn(r)

Same sound today

份 is built from 亻, the person form written in full as 人, and 分, which gives the sound.

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