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分之

分之

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng	's; him/her/it; this
simp. and trad. (分之)		分	之

Conjunction

分之

(a way to express fractions and percentages)

三分之二 ― sānfēn zhī èr ― two thirds

百分之八十 ― bǎifēn zhī bāshí ― eighty percent

Derived terms

百分之 (bǎifēnzhī)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fēnzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁶ zi¹, fan¹ zi¹
Min Nan (POJ): hun-chi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fēnzhī → fēnzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄓ → ㄈㄣㄓ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen.jy
  - IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ → /fən⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩²/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁶ zi¹, fan¹ zi¹
  - Yale: fahn jī, fān jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁶ dzi¹, fan¹ dzi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐn²² t͡siː⁵⁵/, /fɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-chi
  - Tâi-lô: hun-tsi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huncy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ t͡ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/