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省份 (shěng fèn) — province

Definition

省份 is the full, written word for 'province' — same meaning as 省 but more formal, used especially in writing and titles (e.g. 省份名称). 州 is a historical term, not a modern province.

noun
province
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 省份？
    Zhōng guó yǒu duō shǎo gè shěng fèn?
    How many provinces does China have?
  • 省份。
    Zhè ge shěng fèn de jīng jì zēng zhǎng hěn kuài.
    The economic growth of this province is very fast.
  • 省份。
    Nán fāng jǐ gè shěng fèn de tiān qì bǐ jiào cháo shī.
    The weather in several southern provinces is relatively humid.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

省shěngprovince
份fènportion

省 and 份 both refer to portions of the country, so the word names a province.

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.

The upper part of 省 is a changed form of 生, which gave the sound, while the lower 目 is an eye; the picture showed looking closely or inspecting.

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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.

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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