sān fēn

Translation

  • somewhat
  • to some degree

Examples

  • 这些火车每三分钟发车。
    Those trains run every three minutes.
  • 这个钟每天慢三分钟。
    This clock loses three minutes a day.
  • 我的朋友在一年內换了三份工作。他总是三分钟热度。
    My friend has had three jobs in a year; he never sticks to anything for long.
  • 三分之一的成员出席了会议。
    Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.
  • 六个成员中有三分之一是女性。
    Out of the 6 members, a third are women.
  • 那个国家三分之一的人口是文盲。
    One third of the population of that country cannot read.
  • 你乘公车去的话,可以省掉三分之二的时间。
    If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.
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