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五分之一

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4-character word

What 五分之一 means

1. one fifth

The characters in 五分之一

• 五wǔfive; 5
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 一yīone; single; a (article)

Example sentences

• 地球表面的五分之一被冻土覆盖了。
  Dìqiú biǎomiàn de wǔfēnzhīyī bèi dòngtǔ fùgài le.
  One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.
• 地球表面的五分之一被冻土复盖了。
  One fifth of the earth's surface is covered by permafrost.