(fēn zhōng) - minute in Mandarin
fēnzhōngTraditional: 分鐘
HSK 1
#712 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
minute
Word origin
A compound of 分 (fen) 'to divide; a division' and 钟 (zhong) 'clock, bell' (钟 has the 钅 'metal' radical). Together they name a 'minute' of clock time.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 分 (fen, 'division') + 钟 (zhong, 'clock', 钅metal radical)
Stroke order
分
钟
Examples
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Please wait five minutes.
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It's now ten twenty.
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It takes twenty minutes to walk.
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Wait another five minutes for me.
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The film starts in ten minutes.
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