HSK 6 · Adjectives

分明 fēnmíng “clear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 分明 means

  1. clear
  2. distinct
  3. obviously
  4. evidently
  5. clearly

How to say 分明

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale分fēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

分明 in a sentence

  1. 他们分明说了谎。

    Tāmen fēnmíng shuō le huǎng.

    They were obviously lying.

    Sentence #425422 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 分明 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 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.

The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 分明

分 4 strokes · 明 8 strokes

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

Words related to 分明

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

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright

More words: Adjectives

繁华fánhuá · bustling繁忙fánmáng · busy锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)风趣fēngqù · witty粉色fěnsè · pink腐朽fǔxiǔ · rotten高超gāochāo · superb高明gāomíng · brilliant

FAQs

分明 (fēnmíng) means “clear” or “distinct”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēnmíng: fēn with a 1st tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 分明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 分明 from the suggestions. Typing fenming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
分明 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.