月份 (yuè fèn) — month | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

月份 specifically means 'month' (a calendar month). Use it instead of 月 when you need a count word, e.g. 上个月份, 三个月份. 月 alone is also 'moon'.

noun

month

Measure word · 个

月份。
Zhè ge yuè fèn hěn máng.
This month is very busy.
月份。
Xià ge yuè fèn wǒ men fàng jià.
Next month we have a holiday.
月份。
Měi gè yuè fèn dōu yǒu bù tóng de huó dòng.
Each month has different activities.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

月 means month and 份 means a portion or unit; together they refer to a month as one unit.

Characters in this word

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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