分配

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	to join; to fit; to mate to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription)
trad. (分配)		分	配
simp. ^#(分配)		分	配

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnpèi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄆㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ pui³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fûn-phi

(Hailu, HRS): fun^ˋ poi^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun-phòe / hun-phè

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ puê³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnpèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄆㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenpèi
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-pʻei⁴
  - Yale: fēn-pèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenpey
  - Palladius: фэньпэй (fɛnʹpɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ pʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fan¹ pui³
  - Yale: fān pui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ pui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ pui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ pʰuːi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    分配
    婚配
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûn-phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˊ pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun¹ pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fun²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun^ˋ poi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /fun⁵³ pʰoi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-phòe
  - Tâi-lô: hun-phuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunphoex
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² pʰue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ pʰue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-phè
  - Tâi-lô: hun-phè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunphex
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰe¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ puê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung phuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ pʰue²¹³/

Verb

分配

to distribute; to hand out; to issue; to dispense; to allocate
分配股利 ― fēnpèi gǔlì ― to distribute dividends

資金分配／资金分配 ― zījīn fēnpèi ― allocation of funds

社會財富分配不均 [MSC, trad.]
社会财富分配不均 [MSC, simp.]
shèhuì cáifù fēnpèi bùjūn [Pinyin]
unequal distribution of social wealth
to assign; to allot
(computing) to partition (a hard drive)

Synonyms

(to distribute):

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分
分發 / 分发 (fēnfā)
分給 / 分给 (fēngěi)
放
派
發 / 发

(to assign): 佈置／布置 (bùzhì), 分派 (fēnpài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (分配):

→ Japanese: 分配(ぶんぱい) (bunpai)
→ Korean: 분배(分配) (bunbae)
→ Vietnamese: phân phối (分配)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
分	配
ぶん Grade: 2	はい > ぱい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶんぱい [bùńpáí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃mpa̠i]

Noun

分(ぶん)配(ぱい) • (bunpai)

distribution; allotment; allotting
富(とみ)の再分配(さいぶんぱい)
tomi no sai-bunpai
redistribution of wealth

Verb

分(ぶん)配(ぱい)する • (bunpai suru) transitive suru (stem 分(ぶん)配(ぱい)し (bunpai shi), past 分(ぶん)配(ぱい)した (bunpai shita))

to divide, to allot, to share

Conjugation

Conjugation of "分配する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	分配し	ぶんぱいし	bunpai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	分配し	ぶんぱいし	bunpai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	分配する	ぶんぱいする	bunpai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	分配する	ぶんぱいする	bunpai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	分配すれ	ぶんぱいすれ	bunpai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	分配せよ¹ 分配しろ²	ぶんぱいせよ¹ ぶんぱいしろ²	bunpai seyo¹ bunpai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	分配される	ぶんぱいされる	bunpai sareru
Causative	分配させる分配さす	ぶんぱいさせるぶんぱいさす	bunpai saseru bunpai sasu
Potential	分配できる	ぶんぱいできる	bunpai dekiru
Volitional	分配しよう	ぶんぱいしよう	bunpai shiyō
Negative	分配しない	ぶんぱいしない	bunpai shinai
Negative continuative	分配せず	ぶんぱいせず	bunpai sezu
Formal	分配します	ぶんぱいします	bunpai shimasu
Perfective	分配した	ぶんぱいした	bunpai shita
Conjunctive	分配して	ぶんぱいして	bunpai shite
Hypothetical conditional	分配すれば	ぶんぱいすれば	bunpai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“分配”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
分	配

Noun

分配 • (bunbae) (hangeul 분배)

hanja form^? of 분배 (“distribution”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
分	配

Verb

分配

chữ Hán form of phân phối (“to distribute; to allocate”)