Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Centesimal or centigrade: Relating to or divided into one hundred parts or degrees. This term is primarily used in scientific contexts to describe a scale, such as a temperature scale, that is divided into 100 equal intervals.
   • Percentage: Relating to or expressed as a proportion out of one hundred.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nhiệt kế bách phân là dụng cụ đo nhiệt độ phổ biến. (The centigrade thermometer is a common temperature-measuring instrument.)
  • Tỉ lệ bách phân của học sinh đỗ đại học là 95%. (The percentage of students who passed the university entrance exam is 95%.)
  • Con số được diễn đạt bằng tỉ lệ bách phân. (The figure is expressed as a percentage.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "bách phân" is considered formal and technical. In modern everyday Vietnamese, "phần trăm" is the more common and general word for "percentage."
• In historical or specific technical writing, "bách phân" might be used to denote the centigrade (Celsius) temperature scale, though "độ C" (degrees Celsius) is now standard.

Variants and Related Words

• Phần trăm: This is the standard and more frequently used noun meaning "percentage."
  • Lãi suất năm nay là năm phần trăm. (This year's interest rate is five percent.)

Synonyms

• Centesimal: (Adjective) Based on or relating to the number one hundred.
• Centigrade: (Adjective) Referring to the temperature scale with 100 degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water.
• Percentage: (Noun) A rate, number, or amount in each hundred.

Notes on Usage

• "Bách phân" is largely archaic in general usage. You will most commonly encounter it in fixed, formal phrases like "nhiệt kế bách phân" (centigrade thermometer) or "tỉ lệ bách phân" (percentage rate).
• For all common purposes involving percentages, such as in statistics, finance, or daily conversation, the word "phần trăm" should be used instead.

adj

1. Centesimal, centigrade
   • nhiệt kế bách phân
     centigrade thermometer
   • tỉ lệ bách phân
     percentage
   • con số được diễn đạt bằng tỉ lệ bách phân
     the figure is expressed as a percentage