Chinese word

百分点

Pronunciation

Pinyinbǎi fēn diǎn

Meaning

  • nounpercentage point

Example

支持率比上次高了三百分点。zhī chí lǜ bǐ shàng cì gāo le sān bǎi fēn diǎn

The approval rating is 3 percentage points higher than last time.

Illustration for 百分点 (percentage point)

More examples

通货膨胀率比上月上升了0.3个百分点。tōng huò péng zhàng lǜ bǐ shàng yuè shàng shēng le 0.3 gè bǎi fēn diǎn

The inflation rate rose 0.3 percentage points from last month.

Core concept

The fixed gap between two positions on a percentage scale.

Common phrases

  • 上升百分点shàng shēng bǎi fēn diǎn

    increase in percentage points

  • 相差百分点xiāng chà bǎi fēn diǎn

    differ by percentage points

  • 减少百分点jián shǎo bǎi fēn diǎn

    decrease in percentage points

Similar words

百分比bǎi fēn bǐ: The share of a whole expressed as a percentage.
百分率bǎi fēn lǜ: A rate found by expressing a proportion as parts per hundred.

Definition in Chinese

表示两个百分率数值的绝对增减，常与量词“个”连用，如“上升了5个百分点”，不等同于百分比的相对变化。biǎo shì liǎng gè bǎi fēn lǜ shù zhí de jué duì zēng jiǎn cháng yǔ liàng cí gè lián yòng rú shàng shēng le 5 gè bǎi fēn diǎn bù děng tóng yú bǎi fēn bǐ de xiāng duì biàn huà

Word origin

百分点 (bǎifēndiǎn, "percentage point") is formed from 百 (bǎi, "hundred") + 分 (fēn, "part") + 点 (diǎn, "point"), naming a marked position in a scale divided into one hundred parts.

Usage tips

  • A rise from 20% to 25% is an increase of 5 percentage points but a 25% increase relative to the starting level, so English reports need the right measure.

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