份 (fan6 | fen4) : portion; part; share

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份

fan6

fen4

[1] portion; part; share
[2] [classifier] portion of food, gift, etc; copy of document, newspapers, etc
[3] [suffix] unit (used after province, month, etc)
[4] variant of 分 when 分 is also pronounced fan6

Additional PoS:

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

份

Don't confuse with:
分

This word has been viewed 21659 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Apr 2011 14:08

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水份 seoi2 fan6 shui3 fen4 = moisture content

月份 jyut6 fan6 yue4 fen4 = month

一份 jat1 fan6 = a helping, a portion, a part, a share

三份 saam1 fan6 = triplicate

年份 nin4 fan6 nian2 fen4 = some particular year; age

部份 bou6 fan6 bu4 fen5 = section; part

成份 sing4 fan6 cheng2 fen4 = ingredients

身份 san1 fan6*2 shen1 fen4 = identity

身份證 san1 fan6*2 zing3 shen1 fen4 zheng4 = identity card

天份 tin1 fan6 tian1 fen4 = talent
See all 83 compounds (CantoDict reports 93 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 28 examples containing 份

份報紙喺盒入便粵
The newspaper is in the box.
[Lit. the newspaper at box inside]

份報紙喺盒上便粵
The newspaper is on top of the box.
[Lit. [counter] newspaper at box top]

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

買咗件蛋糕兩份食粵
I bought a piece of cake for both of us to share

佢適合做呢份工。粵
He is fit for the job.

呢份工啱晒佢做。粵
This job is fit for him.

呢度有我份漫畫作品粵
Here's some of the manga I've produced.
[Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]

你覺得佢份人點呀? 粵
What kind of person would you say she is?

佢偷公司錢﹐結果冇咗份工。粵
He stole money from the company and has, consequently, lost his job.
[Compared with English version, a typical Cantonese sentence does not need article (the), pronoun (his), preposition (from), and conjunction (and). But it needs a classifier (份) not found in English version. ]

未免太過份
go a bit too far; be rather too presumptuous

內附表格乙份
Enclosed herewith one copy of the form

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

呢份工做到嗍氣。粵
This job involves strenuous work.
[[i]lit.[/i] this job work till gasp breath Note: "job" is topic, not subject. Extent particle 到 is followed by verb phrase 嗍氣.]

我哋幾個夾手夾腳，好快就做完份報告書粵
We will be able to complete the report very soon with everyone's help and cooperation.

呢份工冇以前咁他條粵
This job is not as relaxed as the previous one.

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

我做這份工作不是為錢而是為自己開心。國
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

向客戶核實身份
Verify status with the customer

你似乎過份啲噃，喺咁多人面前噉奚落佢粵
You have gone too far, to ridicule her in front of so many people.

請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.

佢份人好善忘架。粵
(S)He is very forgetful.
[Although 份人 may be omitted, it can emphasize the sentence is talking about "personality". ]

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

喪事最重要部份叫喪禮粵
The most important part after a person dies is called the funeral.
[Lit. Death-matters most important part call funeral]

佢不可一世，佢份人真係好大鼻粵
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant.
[second half: he personality really arrogant.]

陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]

他兼職多份工作, 借此幫補家計國
He worked several part-time jobs, thereby helping his family financially.

佢份人零舍柯箇粵
He behaves in a particularly affected way.

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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