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Pinyin fēn kāi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to separate
  2. to part
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to split
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    將一樣​嘢​拆​做​幾樣​細​嘅​嘢
    to divide; to separate
    • 呢個辦公室分三個部門。
      呢个办公室分三个部门。
      ni1 go3 baan6 gung1 sat1 fan1 saam1 go3 bou6 mun4.
      This office is divided into three departments.
  2. 動詞
    冇​見面​或者​好少​見面​,​尤其​係​指​ ​分手
    (of people) to separate from and not meet or scarcely meet each other; especially referring to romantic break-ups
    • 佢同佢太太分開咗兩年啦。
      佢同佢太太分开咗两年啦。
      keoi5 tung4 keoi5 taai3 taai2 fan1 hoi1 zo2 loeng5 nin4 laa3.
      He and his wife have been divorced for two years.
    • 佢要去外國讀書,但佢唔捨得同屋企人分開。
      佢要去外国读书,但佢唔舍得同屋企人分开。
      keoi5 jiu3 heoi3 ngoi6 gwok3 duk6 syu1, daan6 keoi5 m4 se2 dak1 tung4 uk1 kei2 jan4 fan1 hoi1.
      He has to study abroad, but he doesn't wish to be separated from his family.
  3. 副詞
    自己​做​;​唔​一齊​做
    separately; apart
    • 佢同老婆嗌咗交,而家連食飯都分開食。
      佢同老婆嗌咗交,而家连食饭都分开食。
      keoi5 tung4 lou5 po4 aai3 zo2 gaau1, ji4 gaa1 lin4 sik6 faan6 dou1 fan1 hoi1 sik6
      He quarrelled with his wife and now they even have their meals separately.
  4. 反義詞
    一齊
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, ergative
    to separate; to part
    (syn.) 散開, 分散, 散开, 四散, 切分
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #165
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你一把它放进去,就不能把牛奶和咖啡分开了。
    你一把它放進去,就不能把牛奶和咖啡分開了。
    nǐ yī bǎ tā fàng jìn qù , jiù bù néng bǎ niú nǎi hé kā fēi fēn kāi le 。
    • You cannot separate the milk from the coffee once you put it in.
  2. Mandarin
    久了不见,便会逐渐淡忘。分开以后,也就自然不会再联络了。
    久了不見,便會逐漸淡忘。分開以後,也就自然不會再聯絡了。
    jiǔ le bù jiàn , biàn huì zhú jiàn dàn wàng 。 fēn kāi yǐ hòu , yě jiù zì rán bù huì zài lián luò le 。
    • Out of sight out of mind. When you're separated you lose touch.
  3. Mandarin
    一起算还是分开算?
    一起算還是分開算?
    yī qǐ suàn hái shi fēn kāi suàn ?
    • Together or separately?
  4. Mandarin
    这个问题必须分开讨论。
    這個問題必須分開討論。
    zhè ge wèn tí bì xū fēn kāi tǎo lùn 。
    • This question must be discussed separately from that one.
  5. Mandarin
    学校在上午八点三十分开始上课。
    學校在上午八點三十分開始上課。
    xué xiào zài shàng wǔ bā diǎn sān shí fēn kāi shǐ shàng kè 。
    • School begins at 8:30 a.m.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    分开咗廿年之后,佢哋终于喺巴黎重逢。
    分開咗廿年之後,佢哋終於喺巴黎重逢。
    fan1 hoi1 zo2 jaa6 nin4 zi1 hau6, keoi5 dei6 zung1 jyu1 hai2 baa1 lai4 cung4 fung4.
    • Being separated for twenty years, they finally reunited in Paris.
  2. Cantonese
    个城市用呢条河做界线,分开南北两面。
    個城市用呢條河做界線,分開南北兩面。
    go3 sing4 si5 jung6 ni1 tiu4 ho4 zou6 gaai3 sin3, fan1 hoi1 naam4 bak1 loeng5 min6
    • This river marks the boundary between the southern and northern part of the city.
  3. Cantonese
    佢同佢太太分开咗两年啦。
    佢同佢太太分開咗兩年啦。
    keoi5 tung4 keoi5 taai3 taai2 fan1 hoi1 zo2 loeng5 nin4 laa3.
    • He and his wife have been divorced for two years.
  4. Cantonese
    佢要去外国读书,但佢唔舍得同屋企人分开。
    佢要去外國讀書,但佢唔捨得同屋企人分開。
    keoi5 jiu3 heoi3 ngoi6 gwok3 duk6 syu1, daan6 keoi5 m4 se2 dak1 tung4 uk1 kei2 jan4 fan1 hoi1.
    • He has to study abroad, but he doesn't wish to be separated from his family.
  5. Cantonese
    佢同老婆嗌咗交,而家连食饭都分开食。
    佢同老婆嗌咗交,而家連食飯都分開食。
    keoi5 tung4 lou5 po4 aai3 zo2 gaau1, ji4 gaa1 lin4 sik6 faan6 dou1 fan1 hoi1 sik6
    • He quarrelled with his wife and now they even have their meals separately.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    和楼主同行的还有一对男女可忽略,可能会和他们一起去分开玩,你懂的。
    和樓主同行的還有一對男女可忽略,可能會和他們一起去分開玩,你懂的。
    hé lóu zhǔ tóng xíng de hái yǒu yī duì nán nǚ kě hū lüè , kě néng huì hé tā men yī qǐ qù fēn kāi wán , nǐ dǒng de .
    • There is a couple also going on the trip with me (the poster). However, they can be ignored, since we will probably go there together but tour separately, you know what I mean.
  2. Mandarin
    碰到这种情形,我们就用界音符号“’”把那容易混乱的两个音段分开[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    碰到這種情形,我們就用界音符號“’”把那容易混亂的兩個音段分開[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    pèng dào zhè zhǒng qíng xíng , wǒ men jiù yòng jiè yīn fú hào “ ’ ” bǎ nà róng yì hùn luàn de liǎng ge yīn duàn fēn kāi …
    • In this sort of situation, we use the separator "'" to split those two easily-confused syllables.]
    • In this sort of situation, we use the separator "'" to split those two easily-confused syllables.