十一分 (shí yī fēn) — extremely, exceedingly (literary, stronger than 十分)

Definition

A literary intensifier meaning 'extremely, exceedingly' — stronger than 十分 and used in writing rather than everyday speech.

noun
extremelyexceedingly (literary, stronger than 十分)

Examples

  • 十一分。
    Wǒ duì zhè ge jié guǒ shí yī fēn mǎn yì.
    I am extremely satisfied with this result.
  • 十一分，。
    Tā de yǎn jiǎng shí yī fēn jīng cǎi, yíng dé le quán chǎng zhǎng shēng.
    His speech was extremely brilliant, winning applause from the whole audience.
  • 十一分。
    Zhè jiàn shì ràng wǒ shí yī fēn gǎn dòng.
    This matter moved me extremely.

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.

十一eleven
十shíten一yīone
联合Side by side
分fēnportion

十一 exceeds 十 and 分 names the portion, so the sense is more than full.

Characters in this word

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

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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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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