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分之 (fēn zhī) — (fraction construction) X 分之 Y = Y/X

Definition

A fraction pattern: read Y分之X as 'X over Y' (e.g. 三分之五 = 5/3). The denominator Y comes after 分之, the numerator X comes before.

idiom
(fraction construction) X 分之 Y = Y/X

Examples

  • ？
    Sì fēn zhī sān shì duō shǎo?
    What is three-fourths?
  • 。
    Wǔ fēn zhī yī de xué shēng kǎo le mǎn fēn.
    One-fifth of the students got a perfect score.
  • 。
    Bǎi fēn zhī bǎi de gù kè dōu mǎn yì.
    One hundred percent of the customers are satisfied.

Origin

Characters in this word

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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Grammar

Appears in
HSK 2.0 Level 4

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