七百 (qī bǎi) — seven hundred, 700 | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

numeral

seven hundred700

Examples

七百。
Zhè ge lǐ táng néng zuò qī bǎi rén.
This auditorium can seat seven hundred people.
七百。
Wǒ huā le qī bǎi kuài qián mǎi zhè tái diàn nǎo.
I spent seven hundred yuan to buy this computer.
七百。
Cóng běi jīng dào shàng hǎi dà yuē qī bǎi gōng lǐ.
It's about seven hundred kilometers from Beijing to Shanghai.

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

七 gives seven and 百 gives hundred, making 700.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 七 comes from two crossing lines: the top line runs left to right, and the next line goes down and across.

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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