一千二百 (yī qiān èr bǎi) — one thousand two hundred (1200)

Definition

numeral
one thousand two hundred (1200)

Examples

  • 一千二百。
    Zhè ge diàn nǎo yī qiān èr bǎi kuài qián.
    This computer costs 1200 yuan.
  • 一千二百。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu yī qiān èr bǎi gè xué shēng.
    Our class has 1200 students.
  • 一千二百。
    Tā měi gè yuè zhuàn yī qiān èr bǎi yuán.
    He earns 1200 yuan each month.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

一千one thousand
一yīone千qiānthousand
偏正Modifier + head
二百two hundred
二èrtwo百bǎihundred
偏正Modifier + head

一千 and 二百 are added together, giving 1200.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
一一yīone, signifying a number
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén千qiān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

千 pairs 人, whose sound was similar, with 一, a number stroke; the extra line was explained as extension, and a thousand is a number reached by extending counting.

Open 千 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
一一yī
Sound part声符shēngfú
白
白bái百bǎi
Same sound today

百 combines 一, which carries the number meaning, with 白, which provides the sound.

Open 百 →

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