Example sentences
děng等wǒ我wǔ五fēn分zhōng钟。
Wait five minutes for me.
hái还yǒu有shí十fēn分zhōng钟。
Ten minutes left.
The story behind the character
分
A 刀 (knife) cutting 八 (which means to separate). Cutting what's already apart, one more time. Xu Shen wrote 分, 别也. Using a knife to divide, that's 分.