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评分 (píng fēn) — to grade, to score, to mark (assign a score or rating to papers, performances, contestants, etc.)

Definition

评分 (píngfēn) is a verb meaning 'to grade / to score' — assigning a number or rating to work, performances, or contestants. The first character 评 means 'to evaluate'; 分 here is the noun 'score'.

verb
to gradeto scoreto mark (assign a score or rating to papers, performances, contestants, etc.)

Examples

  • 评分。
    Lǎo shī zhèng zài gěi xué shēng de zuò wén píng fēn.
    The teacher is grading the students' compositions.
  • 。
    Zhè ge jié mù wǒ píng le jiǔ fēn.
    I gave this show a score of 9.
  • 评分。
    Cái pàn duì měi wèi xuǎn shǒu de biǎo xiàn jìn xíng píng fēn.
    The judges score each contestant's performance.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

评píngevaluate
分fēnscore

评分 is 评 a 分, to assign a score.

Characters in this word

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 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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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.

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