HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Hobbies, Sport

得分 défēn “to score (points)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 得分 means

  1. to score (points)
  2. score
  3. to score a point (in a competition, test etc)
  4. rating
  5. grade

How to say 得分

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale得dé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale分fēn1st tone, high and level

得分 in a sentence

  1. 他在这场比赛中得分最高。

    Tā zài zhè chǎng bǐsài zhōng défēn zuì gāo.

    He scored the most points in this game.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 得分最多的队赢了。

    Défēn zuì duō de duì yíng le.

    The team with the most points won.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 得分 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 得 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
得déto obtain
  • 彳step · chì
  • 旦dawn · dàn
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.

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 得分

得 11 strokes · 分 4 strokes

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

Words related to 得分

Words with 得

得de · particle linking a verb to how it is done (e.g. 跑得快觉得juéde · to feel记得jìde · remember得到dédào · to get懂得dǒngde · to understand认得rènde · to recognise获得huòdé · to obtain得意déyì · proud of oneself值得zhíde · to be worth来得及láidejí · to have enough time

Words with 分

分钟fēnzhōng · minute分fēn · divide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分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)

More words: Hobbies, Sport & Leisure

兴趣xìngqù · interest运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete晚会wǎnhuì · evening party拍照pāizhào · to take a photo球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo做客zuòkè · to be a guest

FAQs

得分 (défēn) means “to score (points)” or “score”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it défēn: dé with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 得分 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type defen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 得分 from the suggestions. Typing defen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
得分 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.