# 瓜分 (guāfēn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 瓜分 (guāfēn) means “to divide up; to carve up”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to divide up; to carve up
- Pinyin: guāfēn (gua1 fen1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 几家大公司瓜分了这个市场。
  Jǐ jiā dà gōngsī guāfēn le zhège shìchǎng.
  Several large companies carved up the market.

## Characters

- [瓜](https://hanziro.com/word/gua-melon/) (guā): melon; gourd
- [分](https://hanziro.com/word/fen-minute/) (fēn): minute; point

https://hanziro.com/word/gua-fen-divide-up/

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