HSK 1 · Time

分钟 fēnzhōng “minute” in Chinese

Traditional 分鐘

What 分钟 means

  1. minute

How to say 分钟

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale钟zhōng1st tone, high and level

分钟 in a sentence

  1. 再给我五分钟。

    Zài gěi wǒ wǔ fēnzhōng.

    Give me five more minutes.

    Sentence #5613717 from Tatoeba

  2. 我十分钟后有空。

    Wǒ shí fēnzhōng hòu yǒukòng.

    I will be free in ten minutes.

    Sentence #438493 from Tatoeba

  3. 公车晚了十分钟。

    Gōngchē wǎn le shí fēnzhōng.

    The bus was ten minutes late.

    Sentence #1323684 from Tatoeba

How 分钟 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 钟 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • 中central · zhōngSound part

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); 中 (zhōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhōng.

How to write 分钟

分 4 strokes · 钟 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 分钟

Words with 分

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分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)

More words: Time

中午zhōngwǔ · noon昨天zuótiān · yesterday现在xiànzài · now点diǎn · o’clock去年qùnián · last year日rì · day生日shēngrì · birthday小时xiǎoshí · hour

FAQs

分钟 (fēnzhōng) means “minute”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it fēnzhōng: fēn with a 1st tone, then zhōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 分钟 is written 分鐘. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenzhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 分钟 from the suggestions. Typing fenzhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
分钟 is an HSK 1 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.