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万分 (wàn fēn) — extremely, very much

Definition

万分 is a literary 'extremely, very much' used before feelings like 感激 or 遗憾. Stronger than the everyday 十分, and more formal.

adverb
extremelyvery much

Examples

  • 万分。
    Wǒ duì nín de bāng zhù wàn fēn gǎn jī.
    I am extremely grateful for your help.
  • ，万分。
    Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā wàn fēn zhèn jīng.
    He was extremely shocked upon hearing this news.
  • ，万分。
    Chū xiàn zhè yàng de shī wù, wǒ men wàn fēn yí hàn.
    We very much regret that such an error occurred.

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.

万wànten thousand
分fēnpart

Ten thousand 万 parts 分 intensify something to an extreme degree.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 萬; 万 is its simplified writing.

For 万, the form 萬 was originally a picture of a scorpion, later borrowed for its sound to write 'ten thousand'; the scorpion picture is unrelated to that number.

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

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

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6

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