百分之

bǎifēnzhī

phrase #20,927

Meanings

1 percent
2 ... percent of ...

Characters

part; fraction; minute

of; (classical possessive/genitive particle)

Examples

这次考试他得了百分之九十八的分数。

Zhè cì kǎoshì tā dé le bǎifēnzhī jiǔshí bā de fēnshù.

He scored ninety-eight percent on this exam.

全球百分之七十的面积是海洋。

Quánqiú bǎifēnzhī qīshí de miànjī shì hǎiyáng.

Seventy percent of the Earth's surface is ocean.

Tips

grammar

The structure X分之Y means 'Y out of X' — a fraction or percentage. 百分之 (100分之) means 'out of 100' = percent. So 百分之五十 = 50%. This pattern extends: 三分之一 = one third (1 out of 3), 四分之三 = three quarters. The denominator always comes first.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

分 fēn

之 zhī