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百分之 bǎifēnzhī “per cent” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 百分之 means

  1. per cent
  2. percent

How to say 百分之

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale百bǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale分fēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale之zhī1st tone, high and level

百分之 in a sentence

  1. 我的收入减少了百分之十。

    Wǒ de shōurù jiǎnshǎo le bǎifēnzhī shí.

    My income has dropped by ten per cent.

    Sentence #4743930 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我百分之百相信你。

    Wǒ bǎifēnzhībǎi xiāngxìn nǐ.

    I believe you one hundred per cent.

    Sentence #3675073 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 进口车占了不到百分之八。

    Jìnkǒu chē zhàn le búdào bǎifēnzhī bā.

    Imported cars make up less than eight per cent.

    Sentence #459990 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 百分之 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 百 (bǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
百bǎihundred
  • 一one · yīMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

一 hints at the meaning (one); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎi.

The character 分 (fēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
分fēnto divide; to separate
  • 八eight · bā
  • 刀knife · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刀 cutting something into two 八: to divide.

The character 之 (zhī) drawn as one shape
之zhīhim

之 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 百分之

百 6 strokes · 分 4 strokes · 之 3 strokes

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百分之 (bǎifēnzhī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 百分之 (bǎifēnzhī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 百分之

Words with 百

百bǎi · hundred老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

Words with 分

分钟fēnzhōng · minute分fēn · divide得分défēn · to score (points)分开fēnkāi · to separate部分bùfen · part十分shífēn · very分手fēnshǒu · to break up分别fēnbié · to part分析fēnxī · to analyse分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)

Words with 之

之zhī · of (formal equivalent of 的)之后zhīhòu · after之前zhīqián · before之间zhījiān · between总之zǒngzhī · in a word反之fǎnzhī · conversely之际zhījì · at the time of天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlè · family happiness后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu · worries back home当务之急dāngwùzhījí · top priority

More words: Everyday Things

航班hángbān · (scheduled) flight交通jiāotōng · traffic旅行lǚxíng · to travel签证qiānzhèng · visa表格biǎogé · form部分bùfen · part材料cáiliào · (raw) material场chǎng · measure word for events: a spell (of rain)

FAQs

百分之 (bǎifēnzhī) means “per cent” or “percent”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bǎifēnzhī: bǎi with a 3rd tone, then fēn with a 1st tone, then zhī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 百分之 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baifenzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 百分之 from the suggestions. Typing baifenzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
百分之 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.