分针 (fēn zhēn) — minute hand (of a clock or watch)

Definition

Examples

• 他看了一眼墙上的钟，分针正指向十一点五十分。
  Tā kàn le yì yǎn qiáng shàng de zhōng, fēn zhēn zhèng zhǐ xiàng shí yī diǎn wǔ shí fēn.
  He glanced at the clock on the wall; the minute hand was pointing to eleven fifty.
• 这只老钟的分针走得很准，但时针有点松动。
  Zhè zhī lǎo zhōng de fēn zhēn zǒu dé hěn zhǔn, dàn shí zhēn yǒu diǎn sōng dòng.
  The minute hand of this old clock runs accurately, but the hour hand is a bit loose.
• 每隔一小时，分针就会转过一整圈。
  Měi gé yì xiǎo shí, fēn zhēn jiù huì zhuǎn guò yì zhěng quān.
  Every hour, the minute hand makes a full circle.