慢分

Chinese

		slow	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (慢分)		慢	分
simp. ^#(慢分)		慢	分

Etymology

Originally Hokkien.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mànfēn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄈㄣ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-hun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mànfēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄈㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mànfen
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴-fên¹
  - Yale: màn-fēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannfen
  - Palladius: маньфэнь (manʹfɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹ fən⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-hun
  - Tâi-lô: bān-hun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnhwn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ hun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ hun⁴⁴/

Verb

慢分

(Taiwan) to be not on time; to run behind schedule; to be delayed
- 飛凌機慢分，等到真久。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  飞凌机慢分，等到真久。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2003, 陳柏壽 and 黃真救, Lín pē ê 事件
  Hui-lêng-ki bān-hun, tán kàu chin kú. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The flight was delayed, and they waited for a long time.
- 台鐵花蓮運務段表示，北迴線今天上午花蓮車站實際到站時間，約慢 5 到 10 分鐘，至於慢分的原因並非抗議，而是今天凌晨台東發生五級地震，為進行路線檢修才發生稍微誤點。 [MSC, trad.]
  台铁花莲运务段表示，北回线今天上午花莲车站实际到站时间，约慢 5 到 10 分钟，至于慢分的原因并非抗议，而是今天凌晨台东发生五级地震，为进行路线检修才发生稍微误点。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2015 February 14, 火車司機平交道減速抗議！東部下午平均誤點20分
  Táitiě Huālián Yùnwù Duàn biǎoshì, Běihuí Xiàn jīntiān shàngwǔ Huālián chēzhàn shíjì dàozhàn shíjiān, yuē màn 5 dào 10 fēnzhōng, zhìyú mànfēn de yuányīn bìngfēi kàngyì, érshì jīntiān língchén Táidōng fāshēng wǔ jí dìzhèn, wèi jìnxíng lùxiàn jiǎnxiū cái fāshēng shāowéi wùdiǎn. [Pinyin]
  The Division of Hualien Transportation of Taiwan Railways indicated that the actual time of arrival at the Hualien Station in the North-Link Line in the morning today was about 5 to 10 minutes late. The delay was not due to protestation, but because there was an earthquake of magnitude five in Taitung early in the morning, there was a slight delay for route maintenance.