分钟

分鐘

fēnzhōng

noun HSK 2 #324

Meanings

1 minute

Characters

minute; division

Examples

请等五分钟。

Qǐng děng wǔ fēnzhōng.

Please wait five minutes.

从这里走十分钟就到了。

Cóng zhèlǐ zǒu shí fēnzhōng jiù dào le.

It's a ten-minute walk from here.

他迟到了二十分钟。

Tā chídào le èrshí fēnzhōng.

He was twenty minutes late.

Tips

grammar

In casual speech, 分 alone is often used without 钟: 五分 instead of 五分钟.

Stroke Order

分 fēn

钟 zhōng