Chinese word

百分之

Pronunciation

Pinyinbǎi fēn zhī

Meaning

  • particlepercent

Example

百分之五十的人支持这个计划。bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí de rén zhī chí zhè ge jì huà

Fifty percent of people support this plan.

Illustration for 百分之 (percent)

More examples

他通过考试的概率大约是百分之七十。tā tōng guò kǎo shì de gài lǜ dà yuē shì bǎi fēn zhī qī shí

The chance that he will pass the test is about seventy percent.

Core concept

Treats the whole as a scale of one hundred parts, with the number naming the selected share.

Common phrases

  • 百分之五十bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí

    fifty percent

  • 百分之七十bǎi fēn zhī qī shí

    seventy percent

  • 百分之几bǎi fēn zhī jǐ

    what percentage

Similar words

分之fēn zhī: Shows a fraction by placing its denominator before it and its numerator after it.

Definition in Chinese

表示以一百为基准的比例结构，形式为“百分之+数”，表示该数占一百的多少，例如“百分之五十”表示50%。biǎo shì yǐ yì bǎi wèi jī zhǔn de bǐ lì jié gòu xíng shì wèi bǎi fēn zhī shù biǎo shì gāi shù zhàn yì bǎi de duō shǎo lì rú bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí biǎo shì 50

Word origin

百 (bǎi, "hundred") + 分 (fēn, "part") + 之 (zhī, "of") express the idea of a part belonging to one hundred, which developed into the standard percentage pattern.

Usage tips

  • The number comes after the percentage marker in Chinese, so listening for that later number helps identify the value in rates, test results, and reports.

Other meanings

  • percentagenoun

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