HSK 4 · Function Words

十分 shífēn “very” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 十分 means

  1. very
  2. completely
  3. utterly
  4. extremely
  5. absolutely
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • hundred percent

How to say 十分

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale十shí2nd 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

十分 in a sentence

  1. 充足的休息十分重要。

    Chōngzú de xiūxi shífēn zhòngyào.

    It’s very important to get enough rest.

    Sentence #528018 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 选择朋友一定要十分谨慎。

    Xuǎnzé péngyou yídìng yào shífēn jǐnshèn.

    You should choose your friends very carefully.

    Sentence #349295 from Tatoeba

  3. 十分感谢。

    Shífēn gǎnxiè.

    Thank you very much.

    Sentence #330585 from Tatoeba

How 十分 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 十 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
十shíten
  • 一one · yī
  • 丨line · gǔn
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 十分

十 2 strokes · 分 4 strokes

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

十分 (shífēn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 十分 (shífēn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 十分

Words with 十

十shí · ten十足shízú · complete

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: Particles & Connectors

任何rènhé · any仍然réngrán · still稍微shāowēi · a little bit甚至shènzhì · even是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)实在shízài · really首先shǒuxiān · first (of all)顺便shùnbiàn · conveniently

FAQs

十分 (shífēn) means “very” or “completely”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shífēn: shí 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. 十分 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shifen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 十分 from the suggestions. Typing shifen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
十分 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.