三月份 (sān yuè fèn) — March (month) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

March (month)

Examples

三月份。
Wǒ men sān yuè fèn qù běi jīng lǚ xíng.
We are going to Beijing for a trip in March.
三月份。
sān yuè fèn De tiān qì kāi shǐ biàn nuǎn huo le.
The weather in March starts to get warmer.
三月份。
Tā de shēng rì shì sān yuè fèn èr shí hào.
His birthday is March 20th.

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.

月份month

月yuèmonth份fènportion

偏正Modifier + head

三月份 is the third 月份, so it means March.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

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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