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占比 (zhàn bǐ) — proportion, percentage

Definition

占比 (zhànbǐ) names 'the share/proportion' of one part in a whole, often with a number — closer to 比例 than to 比重. Use it for calculated shares, not for map scales (比例) or physics density (比重).

noun
proportionpercentage

Examples

  • 占比。
    Xué xiào zhōng nǚ shēng de zhàn bǐ hěn gāo.
    The proportion of female students in the school is very high.
  • 占比。
    Wǒ men xū yào jì suàn yí xià měi gè bù mén de zhàn bǐ.
    We need to calculate the proportion for each department.
  • 占比。
    Zhuān jiā fēn xī le jīn nián de jīng jì zēng zhǎng zhàn bǐ.
    Experts analyzed this year's economic growth proportion.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

占zhànoccupy
比bǐratio

占比 joins 占 'occupy' and 比 'ratio' to mean the share of a total.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 佔; 占 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn佔zhàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 佔 has a person part 亻 and a sound part 占; the simplified 占 is a later abbreviation.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

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