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九月份 (jiǔ yuè fèn) — September

Definition

noun
September

Examples

  • 九月份。
    jiǔ yuè fèn De tiān qì kāi shǐ biàn liáng le.
    The weather starts to get cool in September.
  • 九月份。
    Wǒ men jiǔ yuè fèn kāi xué.
    We start school in September.
  • 九月份。
    Tā jiǔ yuè fèn yào qù běi jīng chū chāi.
    He is going to Beijing on a business trip in September.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

九月ninth month
九jiǔnine月yuèmonth
偏正Modifier + head
份fènsuffix

九月 gives the ninth month, and 份 completes the month word.

Characters in this word

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

The shape comes from a stylized hand bent at the wrist, with the lower-right hook showing the bend. Later, it was taken to show a tightened fist bumping up to ten, giving the number nine.

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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.

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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
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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