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十分之一 (shí fēn zhī yī) — one tenth (as a fraction)

Definition

numeral
one tenth (as a fraction)

Examples

  • 十分之一。
    Zhǐ yǒu shí fēn zhī yī de xué shēng tōng guò le kǎo shì.
    Only one tenth of the students passed the exam.
  • 十分之一。
    Tā huā le shí fēn zhī yī de shí jiān jiù wán chéng le rèn wu.
    He finished the task in one tenth of the time.
  • 十分之一。
    Zhè ge chéng shì de rén kǒu dà yuē shì quán guó rén mín de shí fēn zhī yī.
    The population of this city is about one tenth of the national total.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape pairs 止, a foot, with 一, a beginning place, and means to go.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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