二十分 (èr shí fēn) — twenty minutes

Definition

noun
twenty minutes
Easily confused

Examples

  • 二十分。
    Wǒ děng nǐ èr shí fēn.
    I'll wait for you for twenty minutes.
  • 二十分。
    Hái yǒu èr shí fēn jiù kāi shǐ le.
    There are still twenty minutes before it starts.
  • 二十分。
    Tā měi tiān pǎo bù èr shí fēn.
    He runs for twenty minutes every day.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

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

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

Open 十 →

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.

Open 分 →

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