百分之十五

bǎifēnzhīshíwǔ

number #36,623

Meanings

1 fifteen percent
2 15%

Characters

of (classical particle)

Examples

今年销售额增长了百分之十五。

Jīnnián xiāoshòu'é zēngzhǎng le bǎifēnzhī shíwǔ.

Sales grew fifteen percent this year.

百分之十五的学生没有通过考试。

Bǎifēnzhī shíwǔ de xuéshēng méiyǒu tōngguò kǎoshì.

Fifteen percent of students failed the exam.

Tips

grammar

Chinese percentages are written 百分之 N (bǎifēnzhī N — literally 'of one hundred parts, N'), with the percentage following 之. So 50% = 百分之五十 (bǎifēnzhī wǔshí). The order is the reverse of English '15 percent'.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

分 fēn

之 zhī

十 shí

五 wǔ