The phrase I'm trying to grab is usually used when stating survey results or something of the like, e.g.:
A survey found that 7 out of 10 men go to the gym every week.
Could this be translated as something like this?
一个概观发现，七个出十个男人每周去健身房`
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one possibility：x ＜量词＞ 中 y，e。g。７个中１０个男人 (study dictionaries and sentence warehouses)– user6065Feb 14, 2016 at 21:42
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2调查发现，十个男人之中有七个每周都去健身房。 Or less verbose: 调查发现，70%的男人每周都去健身房。– ZiyuanFeb 15, 2016 at 1:50
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regarding comment #2: dummy verb 有 seems necessary，see previous discussions of this point，again quoting CCG: "有 is used as a dummy verb when an indefinitely referenced noun is moved to a subject, that is, pre-verbal position", thus x ＜量词＞ 中有 y ＜量词＞ seems possible, need for 有 confirmed by web search for 个中有：他会随意决定你在5个中会有多少遭到破坏。（jukuu）几乎十个中学生中就有八个是近视眼.（iciba）三个中有两个有点小难度（gxdxw.cn/jdnjjzw/sgzylgydxnd_609.html）之 possibly not needed– user6065Feb 15, 2016 at 8:23
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5Specifically, a very native translation for "x out of ten" is "x成": 一个调查发现七成男人每周都去健身房。– StanFeb 15, 2016 at 16:48
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You may also say it in fraction in Chinese style: 十分之七的男人每周去健身房, 十分之七 in Chinese equals to seven tenths in English.– xenophōnJun 26, 2018 at 5:43
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2 Answers
If you want to express a percentage:
（某集体之中）有十分之七的人去了健身房。
或者：（平均下来）十个人里面有七个去了健身房。
70% of them went to the gym.
If you want to express a number:
这十个人里面有七个去了健身房。
(There are exactly 10 people in total, and exactly 7 people went to the gym.)
No. It should be something like this:
一項調查顯示, 十個男人中有七個每週上健身房。
