分支 fēnzhī branch (of company, river etc)
branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide
How to remember 分支: 分 divide + 支 branch = branch (of company, river etc).
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How it is used
- 'A branch / offshoot' of a larger body - 公司的分支机构 (gōngsī de fēnzhī jīgòu) a company's branch office, 银行分支.
- Also a branch in the abstract sense: a subdivision of a discipline, a fork of a river, or a branch in programming. The image is one trunk dividing into limbs.