一千两百 (yī qiān liǎng bǎi) — 1200, one thousand two hundred

Definition

numeral
1200one thousand two hundred

Examples

  • 一千两百。
    Zhè tái diàn nǎo de jià gé shì yī qiān liǎng bǎi yuán.
    The price of this computer is 1200 yuan.
  • 一千两百。
    Wǒ men gōng sī dà yuē yǒu yī qiān liǎng bǎi míng yuán gōng.
    Our company has about 1200 employees.
  • 一千两百。
    Tā měi yuè kě yǐ cún yī qiān liǎng bǎi kuài.
    He can save 1200 kuai every month.

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.

一千one thousand
一yīone千qiānthousand
偏正Modifier + head
两百two hundred
两liǎngtwo百bǎihundred
偏正Modifier + head

一千 gives one thousand and 两百 gives two hundred, together naming 1200.

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.

Open 一 →

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yīone, signifying a number
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén千qiān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

千 pairs 人, whose sound was similar, with 一, a number stroke; the extra line was explained as extension, and a thousand is a number reached by extending counting.

Open 千 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 兩; 两 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 兩 is described as combining 一 and 㒳. The simplified 两 is a later abbreviation.

Open 两 →

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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