分解

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (分解)		分	解
simp. #(分解)		分	解

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnjiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ gaai²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-kái
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fen-cia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnjiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenjiě
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-chieh³
    • Yale: fēn-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenjiee
    • Palladius: фэньцзе (fɛnʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ gaai²
    • Yale: fān gáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ gaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ gai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ kaːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-kái
    • Tâi-lô: hun-kái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunkae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ kai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fen-cia
    • MiniDict: fen^平 cia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fen-jia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fən⁵⁵ t͡ɕia²¹/

Verb

分解

1. to decompose; to break down

   果糖在體內分解會產生尿酸。 [MSC, trad.]
   果糖在体内分解会产生尿酸。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guǒtáng zài tǐnèi fēnjiě huì chǎnshēng niàosuān. [Pinyin]

   The breakdown of fructose in the body produces uric acid.

2. to dissolve
3. to explain; to analyse
4. to mediate; to reconcile; to resolve
5. to parse

Synonyms

• (to mediate): 排解 (páijiě), 勸解／劝解 (quànjiě)
• (to explain):

edit

• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
• 拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解說 / 解说 (jiěshuō)
• 解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì)
• 訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
• 說 / 说
• 說明 / 说明 (shuōmíng)
• 說解 / 说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
• 講明 / 讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
• 講解 / 讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
• 開釋 / 开释 (kāishì) (literary)
• 闡明 / 阐明 (chǎnmíng)
• 闡發 / 阐发 (chǎnfā)
• 闡說 / 阐说 (chǎnshuō)
• 闡論 / 阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
• 闡釋 / 阐释 (chǎnshì)
• 陳 / 陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 且聽下回分解 / 且听下回分解 (qiě tīng xiàhuí fēnjiě)
• 分解代謝 / 分解代谢 (fēnjiě dàixiè)
• 分解者 (fēnjiězhě)
• 因式分解 (yīnshì fēnjiě)
• 因數分解 / 因数分解 (yīnshù fēnjiě)
• 整數分解 / 整数分解 (zhěngshù fēnjiě)
• 熱分解 / 热分解 (rèfēnjiě)
• 自分解
• 複分解 / 复分解 (fùfēnjiě)
• 質因數分解 / 质因数分解 (zhìyīnshù fēnjiě)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	解
ぶん Grade: 2	かい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 分解

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶんかい [bùńkáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ŋka̠i]

Noun

分(ぶん)解(かい) • (bunkai) 

1. disassembly, breaking down
2. (chemistry) resolution
3. (mathematics) factorization

Derived terms

• 蛋白質分解酵素(たんぱくしつぶんかいこうそ) (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso, “protease”)

Verb

分(ぶん)解(かい)する • (bunkai suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 分(ぶん)解(かい)し (bunkai shi), past 分(ぶん)解(かい)した (bunkai shita))

1. to disassemble, to break down
2. (chemistry) to resolve (light, a chemical, etc.)
3. (mathematics) to factor

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	分解し	ぶんかいし	bunkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	分解し	ぶんかいし	bunkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	分解する	ぶんかいする	bunkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	分解する	ぶんかいする	bunkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	分解すれ	ぶんかいすれ	bunkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	分解せよ¹ 分解しろ²	ぶんかいせよ¹ ぶんかいしろ²	bunkai seyo¹ bunkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	分解される	ぶんかいされる	bunkai sareru
Causative	分解させる 分解さす	ぶんかいさせる ぶんかいさす	bunkai saseru bunkai sasu
Potential	分解できる	ぶんかいできる	bunkai dekiru
Volitional	分解しよう	ぶんかいしよう	bunkai shiyō
Negative	分解しない	ぶんかいしない	bunkai shinai
Negative continuative	分解せず	ぶんかいせず	bunkai sezu
Formal	分解します	ぶんかいします	bunkai shimasu
Perfective	分解した	ぶんかいした	bunkai shita
Conjunctive	分解して	ぶんかいして	bunkai shite
Hypothetical conditional	分解すれば	ぶんかいすれば	bunkai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Conjugation of "分解する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN