百分之五十

bǎifēnzhīwǔshí

phrase #29,440

Meanings

1 fifty percent
2 50%
3 one half

Characters

part; minute; to divide

of (possessive/partitive particle)

Examples

这次考试及格率为百分之五十。

Zhècì kǎoshì jígé lǜ wéi bǎifēnzhīwǔshí.

The pass rate for this exam is fifty percent.

他投资亏损了百分之五十。

Tā tóuzī kuīsǔn le bǎifēnzhīwǔshí.

He lost fifty percent of his investment.

Tips

grammar

Chinese percentages use the structure 百分之 + number, literally 'of (every) hundred parts'. So 百分之五十 = 'of a hundred parts, fifty' = 50%. This structure applies to all percentages: 百分之二十 (20%), 百分之九十九 (99%), etc.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

分 fēn

之 zhī

五 wǔ

十 shí