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份 fèn

The Chinese measure word for portions, copies, jobs and gifts.

份 counts a share or a set amount: a portion of food, a copy of a newspaper or a document, a gift, a job. In a restaurant, 一份 is one serving.

  • 一份工作yí fèn gōngzuòa job
  • 一份礼物yí fèn lǐwùa gift
  • 两份炒饭liǎng fèn chǎofàntwo portions of fried rice

39 nouns that take 份

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工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate礼物lǐ wùgift; present报告bào gàoto inform; to report文件wén jiàndocument; file晚餐wǎn cānevening meal; dinner杂志zá zhìmagazine资料zī liàomaterial; resources报道bào dàoto report (news); report爱情ài qíngromance; love (romantic)保险bǎo xiǎninsurance; to insure报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint申请shēn qǐngto apply for sth; application form晚饭wǎn fànevening meal; dinner报bàoto announce; to inform午餐wǔ cānlunch; luncheon午饭wǔ fànlunch早餐zǎo cānbreakfast合同hé tongcontract; agreement礼lǐgift; rite声明shēng míngto state; to declare工资gōng zīwages; pay才华cái huátalent早饭zǎo fànbreakfast合约hé yuēcontract; agreement表格biǎo géform; table菜单cài dānmenu电报diàn bàotelegram; cable食谱shí pǔcookbook; recipe中餐zhōng cānlunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food试卷shì juànexamination paper; test paper问卷wèn juànquestionnaire画报huà bàoillustrated magazine地契dì qìtitle deed (for land)答卷dá juàncompleted examination paper; answer sheet房契fáng qìdeed (for a house)调查表diào chá biǎoquestionnaire; inventory list西餐xī cānWestern-style food嫁资jià zīdowry电子邮件diàn zǐ yóu jiànemail

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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.