Definition
四分之三 means 'three quarters' or 'three fourths' and is used as a quantifier before nouns to indicate a fraction of a whole. It follows the pattern 'number + 分之 + number', where 分 marks the parts and 之 is a possessive particle. Although the POS in the source data lists it as a measure word, it functions more naturally as a noun phrase that modifies the following noun, similar to 'half (一半)'.
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three quartersthree fourths (of something)
Examples
- 四分之三。sì fēn de xuéshēng tōngguò le kǎoshì.Three quarters of the students passed the exam.
- 四分之三。Tā yǐjīng wánchéng le sì fēn de gōngzuò.He has already completed three quarters of the work.
- 四分之三。Zhège dàngāo wǒ zhǐ chī le sì fēn.I only ate three quarters of this cake.
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