Definition
叁分之一 is the formal financial or legal way to write 'one third' — 叁 is the anti-fraud character for 三 (3), used on bank checks, contracts, and official documents to prevent tampering. In everyday speech you would say 三分之一. The POS 'm' means it's a measure word phrase (数词+量词), so it can directly modify nouns like 叁分之一的土地 ('one third of the land').
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(measure word phrase) one third (formal/anti-fraud form)
Examples
- ，叁分之一。Hétong zhōng guīdìng, lìrùn de sān fēn guī yǐfāng.The contract stipulates that one third of the profit goes to Party B.
- 叁分之一。Zhè bǐ qián xūyào fēn chéng sān fēn.This sum of money needs to be divided into one-third shares.
- 叁分之一。Gōngsī chíyǒu sān fēn de gǔfèn.The company holds one third of the shares.
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