百分之五

bǎifēnzhīwǔ

phrase #27,337

Meanings

HSK 4

只有百分之五的申请者通过了面试。

Zhǐyǒu bǎi fēn zhī wǔ de shēnqǐngzhě tōngguò le miànshì.

Only five percent of applicants passed the interview.

HSK 5

今年公司的利润增长了百分之五。

Jīnnián gōngsī de lìrùn zēngzhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī wǔ.

The company's profits grew by five percent this year.

grammar

Chinese percentages follow the pattern 百分之 + number, literally 'of one hundred parts, [number]'. So 百分之五 = 5%, 百分之五十 = 50%, 百分之百 = 100%.

百 bǎi

分 fēn

之 zhī

五 wǔ