How to say “one tenth” in Chinese

“One tenth” in Chinese is 成, chéng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

成 is read chéng. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “成”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 成. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 你的数学成绩怎么样？nǐdeshùxuéchéngjìzěnmeyàngHow are your math grades?
• 这个工作今天必须完成zhègegōngzuòjīntiānbìxūwánchéngThis work has to be finished today, no matter what.
• 我们变成了好朋友wǒmenbiànchénglehǎopéngyouWe became good friends.
• 老师对他的成绩十分满意lǎoshīduìtādechéngjìshífēnmǎnyìThe teacher is highly pleased with his grades.
• 成绩可以在网上查看chéngjìkěyǐzàiwǎngshangchákànYou can check your grades online.
• 由于他平时很努力，因此期末成绩很好。yóuyútāpíngshíhěnnǔlì,yīncǐqīmòchéngjìhěnhǎoAs he works hard all semester, his final grades are good.

More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.

More words from the lesson “Shares and percentages”

• 率 rate
• 幅度 range
• 大幅 significantly
• 加倍 double
• 共计 total
• 数目 number

Look up another word in the Chinese–English dictionary: in English, in pinyin or in characters.

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