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二百 (èr bǎi) — two hundred

Definition

numeral
two hundred

Examples

  • 二百。
    Tā mǎi le èr bǎi běn shū.
    He bought two hundred books.
  • 二百。
    Zhè ge fáng jiān yì wǎn yào èr bǎi kuài qián.
    This room costs two hundred yuan per night.
  • 二百。
    Wǒ men gōng sī yǒu èr bǎi míng yuán gōng.
    Our company has two hundred employees.

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.

二èrtwo
百bǎihundred

二 gives two, and 百 gives hundred, making the number two hundred.

Characters in this word

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.

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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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