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<p>分之 (fēnzhī) 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.</p>
<p>So a 1/2 is read 二分之一 (èr fēnzhī yī), not 一分之二 (yī fēnzhī èr). 5/6 is read 六分之五 (liù fēnzhī wǔ). To say a percentage, for example, 50 percent, you would say 百分之五十 (bǎi fēnzhī wǔshí).</p>
<h2 id="basic-form">Basic Form</h2>
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<p>Denominator + 分之 + Numerator</p>
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<p>A Few More Sentences:</p>
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<li>蛋糕 还有 八 <em>分之</em> 一 。<span class="pinyin">Dàngāo háiyǒu bā <em>fēn zhī</em> yī.</span> <span class="trans">There is still one eighth of the cake left.</span></li>
<li>这 桶 水 还有 五 <em>分之</em> 三 。<span class="pinyin">Zhè tǒng shuǐ háiyǒu wǔ <em>fēn zhī</em> sān.</span><span class="trans">This bucket of water is still three fifths full.</span></li>
<li>我 的 手机 电量 还有 <em>百分之</em> 三十 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ de shǒujī diànliàng háiyǒu <em>bǎifēnzhī</em> sānshí.</span><span class="trans">My phone battery still has 30% left.</span></li>
<li>押金 要 付 <em>百分之</em> 二十 。<span class="pinyin">Yājīnyào fù <em>bǎifēnzhī</em> èrshí.</span><span class="trans">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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<p>A + 是 / 占 (+ B) + 的 + Denominator + 分之 + Numerator</p>
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<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
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<ul>
<li>我们 班 有 三 <em>分 之</em> 一 的 同学 是 外国 人。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen bān yǒu sān <em>fēn zhī</em> yī de tóngxué shì wàiguó rén.</span><span class="trans">One third of our classmates are foreign students.</span></li>
<li>美国 人口 差不多 是 中国 人口 的 四 <em>分之</em> 一 。<span class="pinyin">Měiguó rénkǒu chàbuduō shì Zhōngguó rénkǒu de sì <em>fēn zhī</em> yī.</span><span class="trans">America's population is about one fourth that of China's.</span></li>
<li>我们 学校 四 <em>分之</em> 三 的 老师 都 是 男 老师 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen xuéxiào sì <em>fēn zhī</em> sān de lǎoshī dōu shì nán lǎoshī.</span><span class="trans">Three fourths of the teachers at our school are male teachers.</span></li>
<li>我们 的 需求 占 整个 市场 需求 的 十 <em>分之</em> 三 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen de xūqiú zhàn zhěng gè shìchǎng xūqiú de shí <em>fēn zhī</em> sān.</span><span class="trans">Our demands take up three tenths of the entire markets demands.</span></li>
<li>电动车 的 销量 占 新车 销量 的 八 <em>分之</em> 五 。<span class="pinyin">Diàndòngchē de xiāoliàng zhàn xīn chē xiāoliàng de bā <em>fēn zhī</em> wǔ.</span><span class="trans">Electric car sales occupies five eighths of all new car sales.</span></li>
<li>Trump 在 这个 州 的 支持 率 是 <em>百分之</em> 五十 七 点 四 。<span class="pinyin">Trump zài zhège zhōu de zhīchí lǜ shì <em>bǎifēnzhī</em> wǔshí qī diǎn sì.</span><span class="trans">In this state, Trump has a support rate of 57.4%.</span></li>
<li>过去 二十 年，大 城市 年轻人 的 离婚 率 增加 了 <em>百分之</em> 八 。<span class="pinyin">Dà chéngshì niánqīng rén de líhūn lǜ zēngjiā <em> bǎifēnzhī</em> bā.</span><span class="trans">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>
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<li><a href="Chinese:_An_Essential_Grammar,_Second_Edition" title="wikilink">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition</a> (pp. 18) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0415372615">→buy</a></li>
<li><a href="New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_3_(新实用汉语课本3)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)</a> (pp. 152-3) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=756191251X">→buy</a></li>
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