HSK 5 · Ideas

成分 chéngfèn “ingredient” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 成分 means

  1. ingredient
  2. component
  3. composition
  4. element

How to say 成分

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale分fèn4th tone, falling

成分 in a sentence

  1. 把水加热不改变它的化学成分。

    Bǎ shuǐ jiārè bù gǎibiàn tā de huàxué chéngfèn.

    Heating water does not change its chemical composition.

    Sentence #1565710 from Tatoeba

How 成分 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 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character
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 成分

成 6 strokes · 分 4 strokes

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

Words related to 成分

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement变成biànchéng · to turn into成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

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: Ideas & Concepts

标志biāozhì · sign表面biǎomiàn · surface步骤bùzhòu · procedure差距chājù · gap成果chéngguǒ · result成就chéngjiù · accomplishment程度chéngdù · degree措施cuòshī · measure

FAQs

成分 (chéngfèn) means “ingredient” or “component”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chéngfèn: chéng with a 2nd 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. 成分 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengfen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 成分 from the suggestions. Typing chengfen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
成分 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.