一百 (yī bǎi) — one hundred | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

numeral

one hundred

Examples

一百。
Zhè ge shū bāo mài yī bǎi kuài qián.
This backpack costs one hundred yuan.
一百。
Tā jīn nián yī bǎi suì le.
He is one hundred years old this year.
一百。
Fáng jiān lǐ zuò le yī bǎi gè rén.
There were one hundred people sitting in the room.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

百bǎihundred

The idea of 一 as one and 百 as hundred gives the number 100.

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.

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

一白百

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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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