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三分之一 meaning in English

sānfēnzhīyī

one third

11 strokes

Meaning of 三分之一

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sānfēnzhīyī
  1. one third

三分之一 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

仅jǐn三sān分fēn之zhī一yī的de成chéng员yuán出chū席xí了le会huì议yì。
Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.
地dì球qiú的de表biǎo面miàn约yuē有yǒu三sān分fēn之zhī一yī是shì陆lù地dì。
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
六liù个gè成chéng员yuán中zhōng有yǒu三sān分fēn之zhī一yī是shì女nǚ性xìng。
One-third of the six members were women.
那nà个ge国guó家jiā三sān分fēn之zhī一yī的de人rén口kǒu是shì文wén盲máng。
One third of the population of that country cannot read.
地dì球qiú表biǎo面miàn的de三sān分fēn之zhī一yī是shì沙shā漠mò。
A third of the earth's surface is desert.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

三 sān · three · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

分 fēn · to divide · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

之 zhī · possessive particle · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

一 yī · one · 1 strokes

  1. 1

Related words

Words that share a character with 三分之一.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一样yīyàngsame; like
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
一半yībànhalf
一边yībiānone side; either side
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
一块儿yīkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
有一些yǒuyīxiēsomewhat; rather
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一直yīzhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through

Questions about 三分之一

What does 三分之一 mean?

三分之一 (sānfēnzhīyī) means "one third".

How do you write 三分之一?

三分之一 is made of 4 characters: 三 (3 strokes), 分 (4 strokes), 之 (3 strokes), 一 (1 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.