五分 (wǔ fēn) — fifty percent; five cents (monetary unit) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fifty percentfive cents (monetary unit)

Examples

五分。
Zhè cì kǎo shì tā dé le wǔ fēn.
He got fifty percent on this exam.
五分。
Zhè ge píng guǒ zhǐ yào wǔ fēn qián.
This apple only costs five cents.
五分。
Tā de gǔ fèn zhàn le gōng sī de wǔ fēn.
His shares account for fifty percent of the company.

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.

五 counts the units, and 分 names the cent or point being counted.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.

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

八刀分

八八bāto separate
刀刀dāoknife

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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