HSK 5 · Adjectives

充分 chōngfèn “ample” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 充分 means

  1. ample
  2. sufficient
  3. adequate
  4. full
  5. fully
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to the full

How to say 充分

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale充chōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale分fèn4th tone, falling

充分 in a sentence

  1. 今晚我们有充分的时间。

    Jīnwǎn wǒmen yǒu chōngfèn de shíjiān.

    We have plenty of time tonight.

    Sentence #335345 from Tatoeba

  2. 你的理由很充分。

    Nǐ de lǐyóu hěn chōngfèn.

    Your reasons are very convincing.

    Sentence #5985452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 医生坚持病人获得充分的休息。

    Yīshēng jiānchí bìngrén huòdé chōngfèn de xiūxi.

    The doctor insisted that the patient get plenty of rest.

    Sentence #6822728 from Tatoeba

How 充分 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 充 (chōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
充chōngsufficient; full
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 允to grant · yǔn
The character 分 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
分fènpart
  • 八eight · bā
  • 刀knife · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刀 cutting something into two 八: to divide.

How to write 充分

充 6 strokes · 分 4 strokes

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充分 (chōngfèn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 充分 (chōngfèn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 充分

Words with 充

补充bǔchōng · to replenish充满chōngmǎn · to be full of充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger充当chōngdāng · to serve as扩充kuòchōng · to expand冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich充足chōngzú · sufficient

Words with 分

分钟fēnzhōng · minute分fēn · divide得分défēn · to score (points)分开fēnkāi · to separate部分bùfen · part十分shífēn · very百分之bǎifēnzhī · per cent分手fēnshǒu · to break up分别fēnbié · to part分析fēnxī · to analyse

More words: Adjectives

彻底chèdǐ · thorough成熟chéngshú · mature沉默chénmò · silent诚恳chéngkěn · sincere抽象chōuxiàng · abstract丑chǒu · ugly臭chòu · smelly出色chūsè · remarkable

FAQs

充分 (chōngfèn) means “ample” or “sufficient”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chōngfèn: chōng with a 1st tone, then fèn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 充分 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongfen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 充分 from the suggestions. Typing chongfen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
充分 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.