Meaning of 百分点
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- percentage point
How to use 百分点
百分点 is used in news, economics and statistics to describe the difference between two percentages. It usually follows a number and a verb like 上升 (shàngshēng, rise) or 下降 (xiàjiàng, fall). Example: 失业率下降了两个百分点。(Shīyèlǜ xiàjiàng le liǎng ge bǎifēndiǎn.) The unemployment rate fell by two percentage points.
Break it into 百分 (bǎifēn, hundred parts, as in percent) plus 点 (diǎn, point). A 百分点 is one point on the hundred-part scale, which is exactly a percentage point.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 百分点 with 百分之 (bǎifēnzhī, percent). If a rate goes from 5% to 7%, it rose 两个百分点 (two percentage points), not 百分之二 (2 percent).
Stroke order for each character
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百 bǎi · hundred · 6 strokes
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分 fēn · to divide · 4 strokes
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点 diǎn · to touch briefly · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 百分点.
| 地点 | dìdiǎn | place; site |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 分钟 | fēnzhōng | minute |
| 部分 | bùfen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 一部分 | yī bùfen | portion; part of |
| 十分 | shífēn | very; completely |
| 一点点 | yī diǎndiǎn | a little bit |
| 分开 | fēnkāi | to separate; to part |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 重点 | zhòngdiǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 观点 | guāndiǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 有点儿 | yǒudiǎnr | slightly; a little |
Questions about 百分点
What does 百分点 mean?
百分点 (bǎifēndiǎn) means "percentage point" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 百分点?
百分点 is made of 3 characters: 百 (6 strokes), 分 (4 strokes), 点 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 百分点 an HSK word?
Yes. 百分点 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 百分点 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 百分点 is written 百分點.
What measure word goes with 百分点?
Use 个 (gè), as in 三个百分点 (sān ge bǎifēndiǎn, three percentage points). In writing, 个 is sometimes dropped, as in 0.5百分点, but keeping 个 is safer.
How do I say 'percent' in Chinese then?
Say 百分之 followed by the number, so 30% is 百分之三十 (bǎifēnzhī sānshí). Note the order: the hundred comes first, then the number.