分之

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēn zhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁶ zi¹ / fan¹ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-chi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ven-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēn zhī → fēn zhi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄓ → ㄈㄣ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fen jhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹ chih⁵
    • Yale: fēn jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fen .jy
    • Palladius: фэнь чжи (fɛnʹ čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ → /fən⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fan⁶ zi¹ / fan¹ zi¹
    • Yale: fahn jī / fān jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁶ dzi¹ / fan¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁶ ji¹ / fen¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²² t͡siː⁵⁵/, /fɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 分之 分支 分枝

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-chi
    • Tâi-lô: hun-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huncy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven-tsy
    • MiniDict: ven^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjun tsyi

Rime
Character	分	之
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府文切	止而切
Baxter	pjun	tsyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨun/	/t͡ɕɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/piun/	/t͡ɕɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/piuən/	/t͡ɕie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pun/	/cɨ/
Li Rong	/piuən/	/t͡ɕiə/
Wang Li	/pĭuən/	/t͡ɕĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯uən/	/t͡ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēn	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan1	zi1

Particle

分之

1. A way to express fractions and percentages.

   三分之一  ―  sān fēn zhī yī  ―  a third

   三分之二  ―  sān fēn zhī èr  ―  two thirds

   四分之一  ―  sì fēn zhī yī  ―  a quarter

   百分之八十  ―  bǎi fēn zhī bāshí  ―  eighty percent

Usage notes

In Chinese, fractions are written in the format denominator 分之 (fēn zhī) numerator. Percentages are written in the format 百分之 (bǎifēnzhī) ratio.

Synonyms

• (Jin) 成之

Derived terms

• 百分之 (bǎifēnzhī)
• 百分之百 (bǎifēnzhībǎi)