Definition
百分之五十 is a fixed expression meaning 'fifty percent'. You use it with the pattern 百分之 + number to express any percentage. It functions like a quantity phrase: it can modify a noun (百分之五十的学生 '50% of the students') or stand alone as a predicate (成功率是百分之五十 'the success rate is 50%'). The number after 分之 can be any integer or decimal (百分之十, 百分之三点五).
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fifty percent
Examples
- 百分之五十。bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí de xuéshēng tōngguò le kǎoshì.Fifty percent of the students passed the exam.
- 百分之五十。Zhè cì huódòng de chénggōng lǜ zhǐyǒu bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí.The success rate of this event is only fifty percent.
- 百分之五十。Gōngsī juédìng jiāng lìrùn de bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí yòng yú yánfā.The company decided to use fifty percent of the profits for research and development.
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