佰 (bǎi) — hundred (formal financial form used on checks, contracts, etc.)
Definition
佰 (bǎi) is the formal, upper-case written form of 百 ('hundred'), used mainly on checks, contracts, and receipts to prevent forgery — not in everyday speech.
numeral
hundred (formal financial form used on checks, contracts, etc.)
Easily confused
- 陌mòlook-alike(bound form, classical) path between fields
- 摆bǎisound-aliketo arrange, to set out, to display
- 百bǎilook-alikehundred
- 伯bǎisound-alike(archaic) variant of 霸 (bà), hegemon or overlord
- 宿sùlook-alike(bound form) Chinese astronomical constellation; one of the 28 lunar mansions
- 柏bǎisound-alikecypress; cypress tree
Examples
- 贰佰。Tā zài zhī piào shàng xiě le èr bǎi yuán zhěng.He wrote two hundred yuan exactly on the check.
- 佰。Hé tong jīn é wèi sān bǎi wàn.The contract amount is three million yuans.
- 贰佰。Zhè fèn shōu jù shàng xiě zhe èr bǎi wǔ shí yuán.This receipt says two hundred fifty yuan.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
佰 pairs 亻 (person) with 百, which supplies the sound bǎi.
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