百分之 (bǎi fēn zhī) — percent (used before a number to form a percentage)

Definition

Examples

• 这个项目的进度已经完成了百分之五十。
  Zhè ge xiàng mù de jìn dù yǐ jīng wán chéng le bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí.
  This project's progress has already reached fifty percent.
• 银行的利率今年下降了百分之零点五。
  Yín háng de lì lǜ jīn nián xià jiàng le bǎi fēn zhī líng diǎn wǔ.
  The bank's interest rate dropped by zero point five percent this year.
• 我们的目标是把成本降低百分之二十。
  Wǒ men de mù biāo shì bǎ chéng běn jiàng dī bǎi fēn zhī èr shí.
  Our goal is to reduce costs by twenty percent.