七月份 (qī yuè fèn) — July | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

July

七月份。
qī yuè fèn Shì yì nián zhōng zuì rè de yuè fèn zhī yī.
July is one of the hottest months of the year.
七月份。
Wǒ men jì huà qī yuè fèn qù hǎi biān dù jià.
We plan to go to the beach for vacation in July.
七月份。
qī yuè fèn De tiān qì jīng cháng hěn cháo shī.
The weather in July is often very humid.

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

偏正Modifier + head

七 gives the number seven, and 月份 refers to a month.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 七 comes from two crossing lines: the top line runs left to right, and the next line goes down and across.

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.