HSK 4 · Function Words

份 fèn “measure word for portions” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 份 means

  1. measure word for portions, copies and documents (a meal, a newspaper, a contract)
  2. share
  3. classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc

How to say 份

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale份fèn4th tone, falling

份 in a sentence

  1. 给我来一份一样的。

    Gěi wǒ lái yí fèn yíyàng de.

    I’ll have the same, please.

    Sentence #8508421 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这份报纸是免费的。

    Zhè fèn bàozhǐ shì miǎnfèi de.

    This newspaper is free.

    Sentence #348605 from Tatoeba

  3. 这份工作工资很高。

    Zhè fèn gōngzuò gōngzī hěn gāo.

    This job pays very well.

    Sentence #8591220 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 份 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 份 (fèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 分to divide · fēn

How to write 份

份 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 份

Words with 份

身份shēnfèn · identity股份gǔfèn · share备份bèifèn · to back up

More words: Particles & Connectors

底dǐ · bottom对面duìmiàn · (sitting) opposite对于duìyú · regarding而ér · and否则fǒuzé · otherwise刚gāng · just各gè · each共同gòngtóng · common

FAQs

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