百分点
bǎifēndiǎn
percentage point
Characters in this word
点 diǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 占 to divine 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 失业率上升了两个百分点，但不同地区受到的影响并不相同。 Shīyèlǜ shàngshēng le liǎng gè bǎifēndiǎn, dàn bùtóng dìqū shòudào de yǐngxiǎng bìng bù xiāngtóng. The unemployment rate rose by two percentage points, but different regions were not affected in the same way.
- 今年的利率比去年低了一个百分点。 Jīnnián de lìlǜ bǐ qùnián dī le yí gè bǎifēndiǎn. This year's interest rate is one percentage point lower than last year's.
- 这次调查中，喜欢喝茶的人增加了三个百分点。 Zhè cì diàochá zhōng, xǐhuan hē chá de rén zēngjiā le sān gè bǎifēndiǎn. In this survey, the share of people who like drinking tea rose by three percentage points.
Related words
- 百 bǎi hundred
- 老百姓 lǎobǎixìng ordinary people
- 百货 bǎihuò general goods
- 百般 bǎibān in every possible way; all sorts of
- 百分比 bǎifēnbǐ percentage
- 百合 bǎihé lily; lily bulb
- 百科全书 bǎikēquánshū encyclopaedia
- 千方百计 qiānfāngbǎijì by every possible means
- 千姿百态 qiānzībǎitài in a great variety of forms; diverse and colourful
- 分 fēn minute; to divide
- 部分 bùfen part
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part