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份子

简份子 · 分子 · 繁份子

Mandarin · pinyin fèn zi#

one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively)
cash gift

Mandarin · pinyin fèn zǐ#

variant of 分子 fèn zǐ

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份: fèn · portion, part; duty
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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4–5 · fen4 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fan6 zi2

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noun

share for a joint undertaking, such as buying a gift
money as gift

noun

(alt-of, alternative) Alternative term for 分子 (fènzǐ, “member of a class”).

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