一百亿 (yì bǎi yì) — ten billion (10,000,000,000) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

一百亿 is 'one hundred yì' = 10,000,000,000 (ten billion in English). Note: yì (10⁸) is a Chinese counting unit, not the English 'hundred million' — careful with translation.

numeral

ten billion (10,000,000,000)

Examples

一百亿。
Zhōng guó zhèng fǔ bō chū le yì bǎi yì yuán yòng yú jī chǔ shè shī jiàn shè.
The Chinese government allocated ten billion yuan for infrastructure construction.
一百亿。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de shì zhí yǐ jīng chāo guò yì bǎi yì.
This company's market value has already exceeded ten billion.
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Quán qiú rén kǒu jiē jìn bā shí yī yì bǎi yì, dàn zhēn zhèng fù yù de rén hěn shǎo.
The global population is close to 8.1 billion, but truly wealthy people are very few.

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.

一百one hundred

一yīone百bǎihundred

偏正Modifier + head

亿yìhundred million

一百 and 亿 together give ten billion.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 億; 亿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

意

意yì億yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 億 pairs 人 (person) with 意 for its sound; the simplified 亿 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original pieces.

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