百分之

bǎifēnzhī

phrase #20,927

Meanings

1 percent
2 ... percent of ...

Characters

part; fraction; minute

of; (classical possessive/genitive particle)

Examples

HSK 2

这次考试他得了百分之九十八的分数。

Zhècì kǎoshì tā dé le bǎifēnzhī jiǔshíbā de fēnshù.

He scored ninety-eight percent on this exam.

HSK 6

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 分之 in X分之Y means 'Y out of X' - a fraction or percentage. 百分之 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