三亿 (sān yì) — three hundred million | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

numeral

three hundred million

Examples

三亿。
Zhè ge guó jiā de zǒng rén kǒu chāo guò le sān yì.
The total population of this country exceeds three hundred million.
三亿。
Tā gōng sī qù nián yíng lì dá dào sān yì měi yuán.
His company's profit reached three hundred million US dollars last year.
三亿。
Měi nián dà yuē yǒu sān yì lǚ kè shǐ yòng zhè ge jī chǎng.
About three hundred million passengers use this airport every year.

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.

亿yìhundred million

“三” (three) and “亿” (hundred million) combine to state 300,000,000.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

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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