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分钟分鐘 fēnzhōng — minute (a length of time)

fēnzhōng (first tone, high and level)fen1zhong1

Traditional: 分鐘

minute (a length of time)

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Meanings

  1. minute (a length of time)

    A duration of sixty seconds — how long something lasts. The minute mark on a clock face is 分 on its own: 八点十分 is 8:10, while 十分钟 is ten minutes long.

    measure

Character breakdown

  • 分
    fēn (first tone, high and level) fèn (fourth tone, falling)

    to divide, to separate; a minute; a fraction, a mark out of a hundred; a cent; (fèn) a share, a part, a component

    4 strokes⿱八刀Radical 刀

Example sentences

  • 我学习了十分钟。我學習了十分鐘。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xuéxíle (second tone, rising) shí (second tone, rising) fēnzhōng. (first tone, high and level)···

    I studied for ten minutes.

  • 我看了二十分钟电视。我看了二十分鐘電視。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) kànle (fourth tone, falling) èrshí (fourth tone, falling) fēnzhōng (first tone, high and level) diànshì. (fourth tone, falling)···

    I watched twenty minutes of television.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我学习了十分。

    Correct我学习了十分钟。

    Use 分钟 for how long something took. 分 alone reads as the minute hand of a clock time, so 十分 is heard as "ten past".

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