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打分 (dǎ fēn) — to grade, to score (assign marks)

Definition

打分 is a separable verb meaning to assign or give a score (e.g., grading a performance). Unlike 评分 (more formal, written, also 'to rate'), 打分 is everyday spoken usage.

verb
to gradeto score (assign marks)

Examples

  • 打分，。
    Lǎo shī zhèng zài gěi shì juàn dǎ fēn, bié dǎ rǎo tā.
    The teacher is grading the exam papers, don't disturb him.
  • 。
    Zhè cì kǎo shì tā dǎ le hěn gāo de fēn.
    He got a very high score on this exam.
  • 打分，？
    Wǒ qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ de yǎn jiǎng dǎ fēn, hǎo ma?
    I'm asking you to grade my speech, okay?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

打dǎstrike
分fēnmarks

打 means strike or perform an action and 分 means marks, so the word means to assign marks.

Characters in this word

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

Open 打 →

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.

Open 分 →
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