二月份 (èr yuè fèn) — February | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

February

二月份。
Wǒ men èr yuè fèn yào qù lǚ xíng.
We're going to travel in February.
二月份。
èr yuè fèn Shì yì nián zhōng zuì lěng de yuè fèn zhī yī.
February is one of the coldest months of the year.
二月份。
Tā de shēng rì zài èr yuè fèn.
His birthday is in February.

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.

二月second month

偏正Modifier + head

二月 (second month) and 份 together mean February.

Characters in this word

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

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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