phă-siàn-tò͘

Hokkien

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese パーセント (pāsento), from English percent.

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phă-siàn-tò͘
  • Tâi-lô: pha̋-siàn-tòo
  • IPA (Taipei): /pʰa³⁵ siɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ¹¹/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰa³⁵ siɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ²¹/

Noun

phă-siàn-tò͘

1. (Taiwan, dated) percent

Synonyms

• pha (Hokkien)
• 巴仙率 (bāxiānlǜ) (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 百分數／百分数 (bǎifēnshù)
• 百分比 (bǎifēnbǐ)
• 百分率 (bǎifēnlǜ)
• 趴 (pā) (Taiwan)

 

Derived terms

• pha