百分之四十

bǎi fēn zhī sìshí

phrase #35,319

Meanings

1 forty percent (40%)

Characters

of (classical possessive)

Examples

HSK 5

百分之四十的学生选修中文。

Bǎi fēn zhī sìshí de xuéshēng xuǎnxiū Zhōngwén.

Forty percent of students take Chinese as an elective.

HSK 7-9

今年的销售额下降了百分之四十。

Jīnnián de xiāoshòu'é xiàjiàng le bǎi fēn zhī sìshí.

Sales dropped by forty percent this year.

Tips

grammar

Chinese percentages flip English word order: 百分之 ("of one hundred") comes BEFORE the number. So 40% = 百分之四十 ("of one hundred, forty"), not 四十百分之. Same pattern: 百分之五十 (50%), 百分之百 (100%).

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

分 fēn

之 zhī

四 sì

十 shí