分裂
fēn​liè HSK6

split

分裂 fēn​liè
split verb
to break into multiple parts or to cause a group or organization to divide

由于意见不合，这个团队分裂成了两个派系。

yóu​yú yì​jiàn bù hé, zhè​ge tuán​duì fēn​liè chéng le liǎng gè pài​xì.

The team split into two factions due to a disagreement.

fission verb
the biological or physical process of a cell or atom splitting into smaller parts

科学家们正在研究原子核的分裂过程。

kē​xué​jiā men zhèng​zài yán​jiū yuán​zǐ​hé de fēn​liè guò​chéng.

Scientists are studying the process of nuclear fission.

schism verb
a formal division or split within a religious or political organization

那次激烈的争论最终导致了教会的分裂。

nà cì jī​liè de zhēng​lùn zuì​zhōng dǎo​zhì le jiào​huì de fēn​liè.

That heated argument eventually led to a split in the church.

psychological dissociation verb
referring to the psychological condition of dissociative identity disorder or split personality.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
11.8 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
22.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)