bù fen
part; section; portion
我只会说中文的一部分。
wǒ zhǐ huì shuō zhōngwén de yī bù fèn.
I can only speak a part of Chinese.
这本书的一部分内容很有趣。
zhè běn shū de yī bù fèn nèiróng hěn yǒuqù.
Part of the content of this book is very interesting.
他只完成了作业的一部分。
tā zhǐ wánchéngle zuòyè de yī bù fèn.
He only finished part of his homework.
局部 (bù fèn)
part, section
一部分 (yī bù fèn)
a part, a portion
全部 (quánbù)
all
整体 (zhěngtǐ)
whole
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The Chinese word 部分 (bùfèn) is composed of two characters: 部 (bù) and 分 (fèn). The character 部 originally meant "part of a body" or "section of a book", and later extended to mean "department" or "branch". The character 分 originally meant "to divide" or "to share", and later extended to mean "part" or "portion". When combined, the two characters 部分 (bùfèn) literally mean "part of a division" or "part of a whole". In modern Chinese, 部分 is used as a noun to mean "part", "portion", or "section", and can also be used as a verb to mean "to divide" or "to separate".
