sān fēn zhī yī

Translation

  • one third

Examples

  • 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.
  • 全世界有超过三分之一的人在沿岸地区居住。
    More than a third of the world population lives near a coast.
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