一部分 (yī bù fèn) — a part, a portion

Definition

noun

a parta portion

一部分。
Zhè yī bù fèn gōng zuò yǐ jīng wán chéng le.
This part of the work is already finished.
一部分。
Tā zhǐ yòng le yī bù fèn qián.
He only used a portion of the money.
一部分。
Gōng sī lǐ yī bù fèn yuán gōng zhī chí zhè ge jì huà.
A part of the employees in the company support this plan.

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.

部分part/portion

部bùsection分fēnportion

联合Coordinate

一 means one, and 部 and 分 together mean a section or portion, so 一部分 is one part.

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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

咅

咅pǒu部bù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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