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三百 (sān bǎi) — three hundred

Definition

numeral
three hundred

Examples

  • 三百。
    Zhè běn shū yǒu sān bǎi yè.
    This book has three hundred pages.
  • 三百。
    Tā měi gè yuè zhuàn sān bǎi kuài.
    He earns three hundred kuai every month.
  • 三百。
    Zhè tiáo jiē shàng yǒu sān bǎi jiā diàn.
    There are three hundred shops on this street.

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.

三sānthree
百bǎihundred

The word combines three and hundred to express 300.

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.

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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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