分红 (fēn hóng) — to distribute dividends (to shareholders); to a…

Definition

The verb for the act of paying out dividends or bonuses. 红利 names the dividend/bonus itself (a noun).

verb

to distribute dividends (to shareholders)to award a bonus (to employees)

分红。
Zhè jiā gōng sī měi nián dōu huì gěi gǔ dōng fēn hóng.
This company distributes dividends to its shareholders every year.
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Jīn nián lì rùn bú cuò, měi gè yuán gōng dōu fēn dào le kě guān de hóng.
This year's profits were good; every employee received a substantial bonus.
分红，。
Shàng ge yuè gǔ piào fēn hóng, wǒ zhuàn le yì bǐ.
Last month the stock paid dividends, and I made a sum of money.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

分fēndistribute

分 means distributing and 红 points to the profit or bonus being shared out.

Characters in this word

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

八刀分

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

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紅; 红 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 紅 puts 糸 (silk) next to 工, which gives the sound; the simplified 红 is a later shorthand.

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