(fēn xī) - to analyse; analysis in Mandarin
fēnxīTraditional: 分析
Translation
to analyse; analysis
Word origin
分 (fēn, to divide) beside 析 (xī, to split), and 析 is itself 木 (wood) beside 斤 (an axe), so the compound is literally splitting a thing apart to see inside it.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 分 (fēn, to divide) + 析 (xī, to split, from 木 wood + 斤 axe)
Stroke order
分
析
Examples
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The teacher analysed how to solve this problem.
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We need more data before we can analyse it.
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His analysis makes a lot of sense.
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Please analyse the reasons for the failure.
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This report analyses the state of the market.
分析 (fēn xī) is to analyse: to break something down into its parts and work out how they fit together. Data, a problem, a market, an argument, a chess position. The characters say it plainly, since 析 is an axe splitting wood.
It is both verb and noun with no change of form. 我们分析了数据 is we analysed the data; 他的分析 is his analysis. Mandarin does not need the suffix English uses to turn analyse into analysis, which makes it easier than it looks.
Two things to watch. Both syllables are first tone, level and high, so learners who let the second syllable fall end up sounding like they said something else entirely. And keep it apart from 研究, which is sustained research or study over time: you 分析 a set of figures in an afternoon, but you 研究 a subject for years.
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