百分之一

bǎifēnzhīyī
phrase #24,881

Meanings

  1. 1 one percent
  2. 2 one hundredth

Examples

Zhèzhǒng jíbìng de sǐwánglǜ bùdào bǎifēnzhīyī.
The mortality rate for this disease is less than one percent.
Tā zhǐ wánchéng le rènwù de bǎifēnzhīyī, hái chà de yuǎn ne.
He has only completed one percent of the task; there is still a long way to go.

Tips

grammar
百分之一 follows the pattern X分之Y (Y out of X): (hundred) + (part) + (of) + (one) = one hundredth = 1%. This same structure is used for all fractions in Chinese: 三分之二 = two thirds, 十分之三 = three tenths.

Stroke Order

bǎi
fēn
zhī