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分之

fēn zhī

HSK 4 2-character word

What 分之 means

1. (indicating a fraction)

The characters in 分之

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

Example sentences

• 我百分之百赞成。
  Wǒ bǎifēnzhībǎi zànchéng.
  I'm all for it.
• 我百分之百相信你。
  Wǒ bǎifēnzhībǎi xiāngxìn nǐ.
  I have absolute faith in you.
• 我不是百分之百确定。
  Wǒ bù shì bǎifēnzhībǎi quèdìng.
  I'm not one hundred percent convinced of that.
• 我走了四分之三英里。
  I walked three-fourths of a mile.
• 我百分之百同意Tom。
  I agree with Tom a hundred percent.
• 地表的四分之三被水覆盖。
  Dìbiǎo de sì fēn zhī sān bèi shuǐ fùgài.
  Three fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

Words containing 分之

• 非分之念fēi fèn zhī niànimproper idea
• 百分之bǎi fēn zhīpercent
• 七分之一qī fēn zhī yīone seventh
• 三分之一sān fēn zhī yīone third
• 九分之一jiǔ fēn zhī yīone ninth
• 二分之一èr fēn zhī yīone half
• 五分之一wǔ fēn zhī yīone fifth
• 八分之一bā fēn zhī yīone eighth
• 六分之一liù fēn zhī yīone sixth
• 十分之一shí fēn zhī yīone tenth
• 四分之一sì fēn zhī yīone-quarter
• 百分之百bǎi fēn zhī bǎia hundred percent; out and out; absolutely
• 百分之一百bǎi fēn zhī yī bǎione hundred percent; totally (effective)

Sounds the same

Read fēn zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 分支branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge
• 分枝branch