phần
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 份 (“part”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fən˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [fəŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fəŋ˨˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Noun
phần
- a part of something that may or may not be divided from a larger whole; a part, a portion, a ration, etc.
- phần lớn ― the majority
- (television, film) a season; an installment
- (arithmetic) a decimal place
- phần chục ― the first decimal place; the tenths place
- phần trăm ― the second decimal place; the hundredths place
- phần nghìn ― the third decimal place; the thousandths place
- 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”)
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Related terms
- đa phần (“majority”)
Particle
phần
- (arithmetic) used in fractions, between the numerator and the denominator; per; -th
- một phần tư ― one fourth
- năm mươi phần trăm ― fifty percent
See also
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