How to Talk About Fractions in Chinese

The most effective method to Talk About Fractions in Chinese Realize that you know your entire numbers in Chinese, you can discuss balanced numbers in decimals, divisions, and percents with the expansion of a couple of more jargon words. Obviously, you can peruse and compose numbers-like 4/3 or 3.75 or 15%-utilizing the general numerical framework in Chinese-talking districts. Be that as it may, with regards to reciting those numbers so anyone can hear, youll need to know these new Mandarin Chinese terms. Portions of a Whole Divisions can be communicated either as parts of an entire (half, quarter, and so on.) or as decimal portions. In English, portions of an entire are expressed as â€Å"XX parts of YY,† with XX being the pieces of the entire and YY being the entirety. A case of this is stating two pieces of three, which likewise implies two-thirds.â Be that as it may, the expression development is the inverse in Chinese. Portions of a wholeâ are expressed as YY 分ä ¹â€¹ XX. The pinyin of 分ä ¹â€¹ is fän zhä «, and is composed the equivalent in both conventional and disentangled Chinese. Note that the number speaking to the entire comes toward the start of the phrase.â One-half can be expressed as either ä ¸â‚¬Ã¥ Å¡ (yä « bn)â or utilizing the expression development referenced above:â ä ºÅ"分ä ¹â€¹Ã¤ ¸â‚¬ (à ¨r fän zhä « yä «). There is no Chinese equal to the term one-quarter besidesâ 四分ä ¹â€¹Ã¤ ¸â‚¬ (s à ¬ fän zhä « yä «). Instances of Parts of a Whole three-quarterssã ¬ fän zhä « sä n四分ä ¹â€¹Ã¤ ¸â€°eleven-sixteenthsshã ­ liã ¹ fän zhä « shã ­ yä «Ã¥  Ã¥â€¦ ­Ã¥Ë†â€ Ã¤ ¹â€¹Ã¥  Ã¤ ¸â‚¬ Decimals Portions can likewise be expressed as decimals. The word for decimal point in Mandarin Chinese is composed as é »Å¾ in customary structure and ç‚ ¹ in improved structure. The character is articulated as diçžn.â On the off chance that a number starts with the decimal point, it can alternatively be introduced with é› ¶ (lã ­ng), which means zero. Every digit of the decimal part is expressed exclusively simply like an entire number. Instances of Decimal Fractions 1.3yä « diçžn sä nä ¸â‚¬Ã© »Å¾Ã¤ ¸â€° (trad)ä ¸â‚¬Ã§â€š ¹Ã¤ ¸â€° (simp)0.5674ling diçžn wç liã ¹ qä « s㠬é› ¶Ã© »Å¾Ã¤ ºÃ¥â€¦ ­Ã¤ ¸Æ'å›› (trad)é› ¶Ã§â€š ¹Ã¤ ºÃ¥â€¦ ­Ã¤ ¸Æ'å›› (simp) Percents A similar expression development utilized in communicating portions of an entire is likewise utilized when discussing rates. Aside from when discussing percents in Chinese, the entire is constantly 100. Consequently, XX% will follow this layout: ç™ ¾Ã¥Ë†â€ Ã¤ ¹â€¹ (bçži fän zhä «) XX. Instances of Percents 20%bçži fän zhä « à ¨r sh㠭ç™ ¾Ã¥Ë†â€ Ã¤ ¹â€¹Ã¤ ºÅ"Ã¥  5%bçži fän zhä « wçç™ ¾Ã¥Ë†â€ Ã¤ ¹â€¹Ã¤ º