部分bù fenpart; portion; piece
部分 (bù fen) means "part; portion; piece." It names one piece of a larger whole, such as part of a book or a task. It appears in 这部分作业很难。 (This part of the homework is hard.) In the dialogue, A asks if the homework is finished, and B says one part is hard.
What does 部分 mean?
- 1.
part; portion; piecenoun
What do the characters in 部分 mean?
- 部part
- 分part
How do you use 部分?
See it in 这部分 and 一部分
What are some examples of 部分 in a sentence?
How is 部分 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
老师给的作业你写完了吗?
Lǎoshī gěi de zuòyè nǐ xiě wán le ma?
Have you finished the homework the teacher gave?
- Speaker B:
还没有,这部分作业很难。
Hái méiyǒu, zhè bùfen zuòyè hěn nán.
Not yet, this part of the homework is hard.
- Speaker A:
我帮你看看吧。
Wǒ bāng nǐ kànkan ba.
Let me help you take a look.
- Speaker B:
好,谢谢你!
Hǎo, xièxie nǐ!
OK, thank you!
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.