phần

See also: phan, Phan, phấn, phân, phản, and phận

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (part).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fəŋ˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fəŋ˨˩]
  • (file)

Noun

phần

  1. a part of something that may or may not be divided from a larger whole; a part, a portion, a ration, etc.
    phần lớnthe majority
  2. (television, film) a season; an installment
  3. (arithmetic) a decimal place
    phần chụcthe first decimal place; the tenths place
    phần trămthe second decimal place; the hundredths place
    phần nghìnthe third decimal place; the thousandths place
  4. tenth part
    • 2005, chapter 21, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      – Cha ta tinh thông thuật âm dương ngũ hành, con gái ông tự nhiên cũng biết được ba phần, []
      "My father is expert in yin-yang and five-element techniques; as his daughter naturally I know a little as well, []"
      (literally, “I know three tenths as well”)

Particle

phần

  1. (arithmetic) used in fractions, between the numerator and the denominator; per; -th
    một phầnone fourth
    năm mươi phần trămfifty percent

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Verb

phần

  1. (colloquial) Short for để phần (to set a share aside).

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