Chinese word

百分比

Pronunciation

Pinyinbǎi fēn bǐ

Meaning

  • nounpercentage

Example

班上女生的百分比很高。bān shàng nǚ shēng de bǎi fēn bǐ hěn gāo

The percentage of female students in the class is high.

Illustration for 百分比 (percentage)

More examples

公司数据显示，去年第三季度线上销售占总收入的百分比已经超过了线下部分。gōng sī shù jù xiǎn shì qù nián dì sān jì dù xiàn shàng xiāo shòu zhàn zǒng shōu rù de bǎi fēn bǐ yǐ jīng chāo guò le xiàn xià bù fèn

Company data show that the percentage of total revenue from online sales had already exceeded the offline share in the third quarter of last year.

Core concept

A 100-unit frame that shows how large a piece is relative to the complete amount.

Common phrases

  • 百分比增加bǎi fēn bǐ zēng jiā

    percentage increases

  • 百分比超过bǎi fēn bǐ chāo guò

    percentage exceeds

  • 占总数的百分比zhàn zǒng shù de bǎi fēn bǐ

    percentage of the total

Similar words

百分率bǎi fēn lǜ: A number expressing a part's share of a whole in units of one hundred, often with the percent sign.
比率bǐ lǜ: A number showing the proportion between two or more amounts.

Definition in Chinese

表示某一部分占整体的比例，常用百分数来表示该比例的大小。biǎo shì mǒu yí bù fèn zhàn zhéng tǐ de bǐ lì cháng yòng bǎi fēn shù lái biǎo shì gāi bǐ lì de dà xiǎo

Word origin

百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ, "percentage") combines 百 (bǎi, "hundred"), 分 (fēn, "part"), and 比 (bǐ, "ratio") to express a ratio measured against one hundred.

Usage tips

  • Chinese commonly expresses 50% as 百分之五十 (bǎifēnzhī wǔshí, "fifty percent"), with the number after the 100-based expression rather than before percent as in English.

Other meanings

  • rationoun

Opposites

  • 绝对值jué duì zhíabsolute valuenoun

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