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比分 (bǐ fēn) — score (in a game or match)

Definition

比分 is specifically the score of a game or match. Compared to 分数 (exam grades / math fractions) and 成绩 (academic results), 比分 is used only in sports.

noun
score (in a game or match)

Examples

  • 比分。
    Bǐ sài de bǐ fēn shì sān bǐ èr.
    The score of the match is three to two.
  • 比分？
    Nǐ néng gào sù wǒ xiàn zài de bǐ fēn ma?
    Can you tell me the current score?
  • 比分？
    Zuì hòu bǐ fēn shì duō shǎo?
    What was the final score?

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.

比bǐcontest
分fēnpoints

比 points to the contest or comparison, and 分 names the points scored.

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.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

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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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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5Sports & Athletics

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