Meaning
分组 means to divide people or things into groups or teams. As a verb, it describes the action of organizing items or individuals into separate groups. As a noun, it refers to the grouping itself or the result of that division.
Usage
Commonly used in educational, work, and organizational contexts when dividing participants into teams or categories. Often appears in instructions like '我们先分组' (let's divide into groups first) or in compound forms like '分组讨论' (group discussion). The word is neutral in register and appropriate for both formal and informal settings.
Examples
- 01老师让我们分组完成这个项目。.The teacher had us divide into groups to complete this project.
- 02我们按照年龄分组进行比赛。.We divided into groups according to age for the competition.
Characters
Common collocations
- 分组讨论group discussion
- 分组活动group activity
- 随机分组random grouping
- 分组学习group study/learning
Antonyms
Origin
Compound of 分 (to divide) and 组 (group), creating a transparent meaning of 'divide into groups'. The word follows standard Chinese word-formation patterns where verb + object creates a verb-object compound.