一百六十 (yì bǎi liù shí) — one hundred and sixty

Definition

numeral
one hundred and sixty

Examples

  • 一百六十。
    Zhè ge bān yǒu yì bǎi liù shí gè xué shēng.
    There are 160 students in this class.
  • 一百六十。
    Wǒ huā le yì bǎi liù shí kuài qián mǎi le zhè běn shū.
    I spent 160 yuan to buy this book.
  • 一百六十。
    Tā cóng jiā dào gōng sī kāi chē yào yì bǎi liù shí gōng lǐ.
    It takes 160 kilometers to drive from his home to the company.

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.

一百one hundred
一yīone百bǎihundred
偏正Modifier + head
六十sixty
六liùsix十shíten
偏正Modifier + head

一百 and 六十 add to one hundred and sixty.

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.

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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.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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