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Jyutpingbaak3 fan6 zi1
Yalebaak fahn jī
Definition
Percent; describing a ratio of how many in every one hundred.
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How it's used
Usage follows the same logic as English percentages, but it is often omitted in casual speech when the context is clear. When discussing small probabilities or minor chances, speakers frequently prefer using the character 成 to represent tenths, such as 三成 for thirty percent.
Examples
This discount is fifty percent.
Related words
Common phrases
one hundred percent
Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this for general ratios or fractions, but it specifically requires a base of one hundred. For other proportions, use the structure 幾分之幾 instead.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
