(fēn zhōng) - minute in Mandarin

fēnzhōng

Traditional: 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.

。

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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This word is part of lesson 15.