四月份 (sì yuè fèn) — April | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

April

四月份。
Wǒ men dǎ suàn sì yuè fèn qù lǚ yóu.
We plan to travel in April.
四月份。
sì yuè fèn De tiān qì kāi shǐ biàn nuǎn huo le.
The weather in April starts to get warmer.
四月份，。
Měi nián sì yuè fèn, zhè lǐ dōu huì jǔ bàn yì chǎng dà xíng shū zhǎn.
Every April a large book fair is held here.

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

偏正Modifier + head

四月份 refers to the fourth 月 portion of the year.

Characters in this word

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

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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.