1 in 5 children in Ontario have asthma.

[yuechu]

大家好！

I was recently reading some statistics and was wondering how to say something similar in Chinese: "1 in 5 children in Ontario have asthma." (This is just an example)
Would anyone know how to translate this?

Thanks!

 

[Jack12345]

1 in 5

可以写为：五分之一，1/5（读作五分之一）, 20%（读作百分之二十）, 两成 etc.. 这些在日常都经常用. 比如
在安大略，五分之一（/两成/..）的孩子气喘。

 

[yuechu]

Hi, Jack12345!

Thanks for your explanation! Just a question about one of the phrases you used: Does 两成 mean 20%? (Can this be used for any amount? 1-9成, for example?) I guess it is faster than saying 百分之___, right?

EDIT: I am also curious. Is it possible to say "有气喘" in Chinese?

 

[Skatinginbc]

1 in 5 children in Ontario have asthma.

直譯： 在安大略，五個小孩中就有一個有氣喘

 

[Jack12345]

Does 两成 mean 20%? (Can this be used for any amount? 1-9成, for example?) I guess it is faster than saying 百分之___, right?

Yes. 一成 is 10%. 一成到十成, 10%-100%.
e.g.
这合同你有几成把握拿下来？不行，一成都没；别抱太大希望，有三四成把握；还行，五六成吧；别担心，七八成把握还是有的；看好吧，十成。

不过这个不是标准的科学用语。

 

[SimonTsai]

在安大略，平均每五個小孩就有一個患有哮喘。

銷售量減少三成 Sales volume decreased by 30%.
菜價暴漲七成五 Veg prices rapidly go up by 75%.

 

[yuechu]

Thank you all for your sentence examples! I am learning a lot