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一部分

yī bù fen · yi bu fen

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Meaning

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  1. portion
  2. part of
  3. subset
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The road under repair

  1. Dengdeng

    前面(qiánmiàn)的(de)路(lù)能(néng)骑(qí)吗(ma)？

    Can we ride on the road ahead?

  2. Liangliang

    只有(zhǐyǒu)一部分(yībùfen)能(néng)骑(qí)。另(lìng)一部分(yībùfen)在(zài)修(xiū)。

    Only part of it. The other part is under repair.

  3. Dengdeng

    哪(nǎ)一部分(yībùfen)在(zài)修(xiū)？

    Which part is under repair?

  4. Liangliang

    桥(qiáo)边(biān)的(de)那(nà)一部分(yībùfen)。

    The part by the bridge.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)只(zhǐ)骑(qí)一部分(yībùfen)，然后(ránhòu)回家(huíjiā)吧(ba)。

    Then let's ride only part of it and go home.

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)每次(měicì)都(dōu)只(zhǐ)想(xiǎng)骑(qí)一部分(yībùfen)。

    You always want to ride only part of the way.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

乌(wū)古(gǔ)斯(sī)语(yǔ)支(zhī)是(shì)突(tū)厥(jué)语(yǔ)系(xì)的(de)一(yí)部(bù)分(fen)。

Oghuz languages are part of the Turkic language family.

Tatoeba: Chinese by la_kanro · English by Vanilla · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

庙(miào)宇(yǔ)的(de)毁(huǐ)坏(huài)有(yǒu)一(yí)部(bù)分(fen)要(yào)归(guī)因(yīn)于(yú)酸(suān)雨(yǔ)。

The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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一
yī

one; single

部
bù

ministry; department

分
fēn

to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate

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