一分為二

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	two
trad. (一分為二/一分爲二)		一	分	為/爲	二
simp. (一分为二)		一	分	为	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfēnwéi'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄣ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ fan⁶ wai⁴ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfēnwéi'èr [Phonetic: yìfēnwéi'èr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄣ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifenwéi-èr
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fên¹-wei²-êrh⁴
    • Yale: yī-fēn-wéi-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifenweiell
    • Palladius: ифэньвэйэр (ifɛnʹvɛjɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ fan⁶ wai⁴ ji⁶
    • Yale: yāt fahn wàih yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ fan⁶ wai⁴ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ fen⁶ wei⁴ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ fɐn²² wɐi̯²¹ jiː²²/

Idiom

一分為二

1. to divide into two; to bisect