拆分

chāifēn

verb

Meanings

1 to break up into parts
2 to split (a unit, file, company, etc.) into smaller pieces

Characters

Examples

请把这个表格拆分成两份。

Qǐng bǎ zhège biǎogé chāifēn chéng liǎng fèn.

Please split this spreadsheet into two.

公司决定把业务拆分上市。

Gōngsī juédìng bǎ yèwù chāifēn shàngshì.

The company decided to spin off its operations and list them separately.

Tips

usage

Common in business and tech: 拆分公司 (spin off a company), 拆分文件 (split a file), 拆分单元格 (un-merge cells in Excel). Counter-action is 合并 (hébìng, merge).

Stroke Order

拆 chāi

分 fēn