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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">分之</span> (<span class="pinyin">fēnzhī</span>) is used to form a <b>fraction</b> in Chinese. When expressing a fraction, the denominator is always said before the numerator. This pattern is also the way percentages are expressed in Chinese.</p>

  <p>So a 1/2 is read <span class="hanzi">二分之一</span> (<span class="pinyin">èr fēnzhī yī</span>), not <span class="hanzi">一分之二</span> (<span class="pinyin">yī fēnzhī èr</span>). 5/6 is read <span class="hanzi">六分之五</span> (<span class="pinyin">liù fēnzhī wǔ</span>). To say a percentage, for example, 50 percent, you would say <span class="hanzi">百分之五十</span> (<span class="pinyin">bǎi fēnzhī wǔshí</span>).</p>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

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    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

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      <li>Books<br/></li>
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  <h2 id="basic-form">Basic Form</h2>

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      Denominator + <span class="hanzist">分之</span> + Numerator
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  <p>A Few More Sentences:</p>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">蛋糕 还有 八 分之 一 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Dàngāo háiyǒu bā fēn zhī yī.</span> <span> There is still one eighth of the cake left.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 桶 水 还有 五 分之 三 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhè tǒng shuǐ háiyǒu wǔ fēn zhī sān.</span><br/><span> This bucket of water is still three fifths full.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 的 手机 电量 还有 百分之 三十 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ de shǒujī diànliàng háiyǒu bǎifēnzhī sānshí.</span><br/><span> My phone battery still has 30% left.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">押金 要 付 百分之 二十 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Yājīnyào fù bǎifēnzhī èrshí.</span><br/><span> The deposit is 20%.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="advanced-usage">Advanced Usage</h2>

  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

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      A + <span class="hanzist">是 / 占</span> (+ B) + <span class="hanzist">的</span> + Denominator + <span class="hanzist">分之</span> + Numerator
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  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">我们 班 有 三 分 之 一 的 同学 是 外国 人。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒmen bān yǒu sān fēn zhī yī de tóngxué shì wàiguó rén.</span><br/><span> One third of our classmates are foreign students.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">美国 人口 差不多 是 中国 人口 的 四 分之 一 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Měiguó rénkǒu chàbuduō shì Zhōngguó rénkǒu de sì fēn zhī yī.</span><br/><span> America's population is about one fourth that of China's.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我们 学校 四 分之 三 的 老师 都 是 男 老师 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒmen xuéxiào sì fēn zhī sān de lǎoshī dōu shì nán lǎoshī.</span><br/><span> Three fourths of the teachers at our school are male teachers.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我们 的 需求 占 整个 市场 需求 的 十 分之 三 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒmen de xūqiú zhàn zhěng gè shìchǎng xūqiú de shí fēn zhī sān.</span><br/><span> Our demands take up three tenths of the entire markets demands.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">电动车 的 销量 占 新车 销量 的 八 分之 五 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Diàndòngchē de xiāoliàng zhàn xīn chē xiāoliàng de bā fēn zhī wǔ.</span><br/><span> Electric car sales occupies five eighths of all new car sales.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">Trump 在 这个 州 的 支持 率 是 百分之 五十 七 点 四 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Trump zài zhège zhōu de zhīchí lǜ shì bǎifēnzhī wǔshí qī diǎn sì.</span><br/><span> In this state, Trump has a support rate of 57.4%.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">过去 二十 年，大 城市 年轻人 的 离婚 率 增加 了 百分之 八 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Dà chéngshì niánqīng rén de líhūn lǜ zēngjiā bǎifēnzhī bā.</span><br/><span> In the past 20 years, the divorce rate for young people in big cities has gone up by 8%.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 18)</li>

    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本3</span>) (pp. 152-3)</li>
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