Definition

Examples

• 他看了一眼墙上的钟，分针正指向十一点五十分。
  Tā kàn le yì yǎn qiáng shàng de zhōng, fēn zhèng zhǐ xiàng shíyī diǎn wǔshí fēn.
  He glanced at the clock on the wall; the minute hand was pointing to eleven fifty.
• 这只老钟的分针走得很准，但时针有点松动。
  Zhè zhī lǎo zhōng de fēn zǒu de hěn zhǔn, dàn shízhēn yǒudiǎn sōngdòng.
  The minute hand of this old clock runs accurately, but the hour hand is a bit loose.
• 每隔一小时，分针就会转过一整圈。
  Měi gé yì xiǎoshí, fēn jiù huì zhuàn guò yì zhěng quān.
  Every hour, the minute hand makes a full circle.