HSK 4 · Objects

部分 bùfen “part” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 部分 means

  1. part
  2. share
  3. portion
  4. piece

How to say 部分

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale部bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own分fenneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

部分 in a sentence

  1. 会议我迟到了，结果错过了最重要的部分。

    Huìyì wǒ chídào le, jiéguǒ cuòguò le zuì zhòngyào de bùfen.

    I was late for the meeting, so I missed the most important part.

    Sentence #431630 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那是我最喜欢的部分。

    Nà shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de bùfen.

    That’s my favourite part.

    Sentence #6560618 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 现在你是我生活的一部分了。

    Xiànzài nǐ shì wǒ shēnghuó de yí bùfen le.

    Now you’re part of my life.

    Sentence #9432341 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 部分 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 部 (bù) with each of its parts in a different colour
部bùministry
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with bù.

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

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

How to write 部分

部 10 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.

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

Words related to 部分

Words with 部

部bù · part全部quánbù · whole部门bùmén · department内部nèibù · inside俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)部位bùwèi · position部署bùshǔ · to deploy局部júbù · part

Words with 分

分钟fēnzhōng · minute分fēn · divide得分défēn · to score (points)分开fēnkāi · to separate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分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)

More words: Everyday Things

旅行lǚxíng · to travel签证qiānzhèng · visa百分之bǎifēnzhī · per cent表格biǎogé · form材料cáiliào · (raw) material场chǎng · measure word for events: a spell (of rain)窗户chuānghu · window答案dá'àn · answer

FAQs

部分 (bùfen) means “part” or “share”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bùfen: bù with a 4th tone, then fen with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 部分 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bufen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 部分 from the suggestions. Typing bufen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
部分 is an HSK 4 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.