HSK 6 · Verbs

划分 huàfēn “to divide” in Chinese

Traditional 劃分

What 划分 means

  1. to divide
  2. to demarcate
  3. to divide up
  4. to partition
  5. to differentiate

How to say 划分

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale划huà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale分fēn1st tone, high and level

划分 in a sentence

  1. 老师把学生划分成四个小组。

    Lǎoshī bǎ xuésheng huàfēn chéng sì ge xiǎozǔ.

    The teacher divided the students into four groups.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个城市划分为六个区。

    Zhè ge chéngshì huàfēn wéi liù ge qū.

    This city is divided into six districts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 划分 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 划 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
划huàto delimit
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
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 划分

划 6 strokes · 分 4 strokes

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

Words related to 划分

Words with 划

计划jìhuà · plan划huá · to row策划cèhuà · to plan规划guīhuà · plan

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: Common Verbs

归还guīhuán · to return (something)过滤guòlǜ · to filter捍卫hànwèi · to defend合并hébìng · to merge晃huàng · to sway缓和huǎnhé · to ease还原huányuán · to restore回避huíbì · to avoid

FAQs

划分 (huàfēn) means “to divide” or “to demarcate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huàfēn: huà with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 划分 is written 劃分. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huafen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 划分 from the suggestions. Typing huafen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
划分 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.