每份 (měi fèn) — each portion, each copy, each serving

Definition

每份 is 'each' + the measure word 份, used for individual portions, copies, or servings of something. Pairs with 都 to mean 'every single one' (每份都).

pronoun

each portioneach copyeach serving

Examples

每份。
měi fèn De jià gé dōu bù yí yàng.
The price of each portion is different.
每份。
Qǐng bǎ měi fèn wén jiàn dōu qiān shàng míng zì.
Please sign each copy of the document.
每份。
měi fèn Tào cān dōu bāo hán yì bēi yǐn liào.
Each set meal includes a drink.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

屮屮chè
母母mǔwoman

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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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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