三十分

sān shí fēn

thirty minutes

我们等了三十分才开始会议。

We waited for thirty minutes before the meeting started.

general

A time duration of thirty minutes.

课程持续了三十分。

The class lasted for thirty minutes.

Commonly used to express a duration of thirty minutes in time.

Collocations

三十分前thirty minutes ago三十分后thirty minutes later

half an hour

In Chinese, time durations are often expressed using '分' (minutes) or '小时' (hours). '三十分' is a common way to say 'thirty minutes'.

Composed of '三' (three), '十' (ten), and '分' (minutes), literally meaning 'three ten minutes' which sums to thirty minutes.

Often used in contexts where precise time measurement is needed, such as schedules, durations, or delays.

三

three

root

十

ten

root

分

minutes

root

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