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- <h1>Expressing fractions with "fenzhi"</h1>
- <p>分之 (fēn zhī) is used to form a fraction 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.
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- <p>So "½" is read 二分之一 (èr fēn zhī yī), literally "1 of 2 portions." Note the order: it's NOT 一分之二 (yī fēn zhī èr). So "¾" is 四分之三 (sì fēn zhī sān), and "⅚" is 六分之五 (liù fēn zhī wǔ). To say a percentage, for example, 50 percent, you would say 百分之五十 (bǎi fēn zhī wǔshí), which is literally the same as how you would pronounce the equivalent fraction "50 hundredths."</p>
- <h2>Contents</h2>
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- <div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Basic Pattern </span></li>
- <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1.1 Structure </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1.2 Examples </span></li>
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- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Advanced Pattern </span></li>
- <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2.1 Structure </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2.2 Examples </span></li>
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- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See also </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sourcesand further reading </span></li>
- <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li>
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- <br/><h2>Basic Pattern
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- <h3>Structure</h3>
- <div class="deux">Denominator + 分之 + Numerator</div>
- <p>Remember that the denominator is the bottom number in a fraction, but it comes first in spoken Chinese.</p>
- <h3>Examples</h3>
- <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 的 手机 电量 只 有 百 分 之 五 了 。
- Wǒ de shǒujī diànliàng zhǐ yǒu bǎi fēn zhī wǔ le.
- My phone only has 5% power left. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 文件 已经 下载 了 三 分 之 二 。
- Zhège wénjiàn yǐjīng xiàzǎi le sān fēn zhī èr.
- This document is two-thirds downloaded. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这 篇 文章 有 五 分 之 三 是 抄 别人 的 。
- Zhè piān wénzhāng yǒu wǔ fēn zhī sān shì chāo biérén de.
- Three fifths of this article has been copied from others. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">差不多 三 分 之 一 的 美国 人 有 护照 。
- Chàbuduō sān fēn zhī yī de Měiguó rén yǒu hùzhào.
- About one third of Americans have passports. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我们 学校 四 分 之 三 的 老师 都 是 男 老师 。
- Wǒmen xuéxiào sì fēn zhī sān de lǎoshī dōu shì nán lǎoshī.
- Three fourths of the teachers at our school are male teachers.</span><br/></li>
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- <h2>Advanced Pattern</h2>
- <h3>Structure</h3>
- <p>This structure is what you'll often see in news stories that use statistics. The word 占 (zhàn) is a bit more formal, and means something like "comprises" or "makes up" or "accounts for."</p>
- <div class="deux">A + 是 / 占 + B + 的 + Denominator + 分之 + Numerator</div>
- <h3>Examples</h3>
- <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我们 公司 的 外国 员工 占 三 分 之 一 。
- Wǒmen gōngsī de wàiguó yuángōng zhàn sān fēn zhī yī.
- One third of our company's employees are foreigners. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">美国 人口 是 中国 的 五 分 之 一 。
- Měiguó rénkǒu shì Zhōngguó de wǔ fēn zhī yī.
- America's population is one fifth of China's. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">押金 是 房租 的 百 分 之 二十 。
- Yājīnyào shì fángzū de bǎifēn zhī èrshí.
- The deposit is 20% of the rent. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">期末 考试 成绩 占 总 成绩 的 百 分 之 三十 。
- Qīmò kǎoshì chéngjì zhàn zǒng chéngjì de bǎi fēn zhī sānshí.
- The final exam grade accounts for 30% of the final grade. </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">在 美国 ,全职 妈妈 差不多 占 五 分 之 二 。
- Zài Měiguó, quánzhí māma chàbuduō zhàn wǔ fēn zhī èr.
- In the US, full-time mothers are about two fifths of all mothers.</span><br/></li>
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- <h3>See also</h3>
- <h3>Sources and further reading</h3>
- <h4>Books</h4>
- <div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 18) →buy </span></li>
- <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3) (pp. 152-3) →buy</span><br/></li>
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