HSK 6 · Function Words

万分 wànfēn “extremely” in Chinese

Traditional 萬分

What 万分 means

  1. extremely
  2. very much
  3. one ten thousandth part

How to say 万分

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale万wàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale分fēn1st tone, high and level

万分 in a sentence

  1. 我感到万分焦虑。

    Wǒ gǎndào wànfēn jiāolǜ.

    I felt extremely anxious.

    Sentence #10265783 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他因车祸受了重伤的消息让我震惊万分。

    Tā yīn chēhuò shòu le zhòngshāng de xiāoxi ràng wǒ zhènjīng wànfēn.

    I was deeply shocked to hear that he had been badly injured in a car accident.

    Sentence #1235501 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 万分 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 万 (wàn) drawn as one shape
万wànten thousand

万 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 分 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
分fēnto divide; to separate
  • 八eight · bā
  • 刀knife · dāo

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

How to write 万分

万 3 strokes · 分 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

万分 (wànfēn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 万分 (wànfēn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 万分

Words with 万

万wàn · ten thousand千万qiānwàn · be sure to万一wànyī · just in case

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: Function Words & Grammar

倘若tǎngruò · if特意tèyì · specially统统tǒngtǒng · all哇wa · particle (form of 啊 after -u or -ao)唯独wéidú · only未免wèimiǎn · rather务必wùbì · must无非wúfēi · nothing but

FAQs

万分 (wànfēn) means “extremely” or “very much”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wànfēn: wàn with a 4th tone, then fēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 万分 is written 萬分. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanfen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 万分 from the suggestions. Typing wanfen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
万分 is an HSK 6 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.