Chinese word

分割

Pronunciation

Pinyinfēn gē

Meaning

  • verbdivide

Example

我们把蛋糕分割成了六块。wǒ men bǎ dàn gāo fēn gē chéng le liù kuài

We divided the cake into six pieces.

Illustration for 分割 (divide)

More examples

程序会自动分割大文件以便上传。chéng xù huì zì dòng fēn gē dà wén jiàn yǐ biàn shàng chuán

The program automatically splits large files for uploading.

Core concept

A whole is separated along clear boundaries into independent parts.

Common phrases

  • 分割文件fēn gē wén jiàn

    split a file

  • 分割蛋糕fēn gē dàn gāo

    divide a cake

  • 分割财产fēn gē cái chǎn

    divide property

Similar words

划分huà fēn: Organize ranges or items into groups according to a chosen standard.
分开fēn kāi: Separate people or things that are together by moving them apart.
拆分chāi fēn: Split a whole into smaller sections or components.
分成fēn chéng: Split one thing into a stated number of parts or quantities.

Definition in Chinese

把一个整体按数量或大小分成若干部分，使各部分成为互相独立的单位。bǎ yí gè zhéng tǐ àn shù liàng huò dà xiǎo fēn chéng ruò gān bù fèn shǐ gè bù fèn chéng wéi hù xiāng dú lì de dān wèi

Word origin

分 (fēn, "separate") + 割 (gē, "cut") combine the ideas of separating and cutting into the sense of making distinct portions from a whole.

Usage tips

  • This verb often has a formal or technical tone, so ordinary conversation may use a simpler verb for directly separating familiar objects.

Other meanings

  • cut upverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 分割线fēn gē xiàndividing linenoun
  • 分割点fēn gē diǎndivision pointnoun

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