上百 (shàng bǎi) — hundreds of (used before a noun); (verb phrase)…

Definition

上百 means 'hundreds of' and sits BEFORE a noun or measure phrase (上百人, 上百名员工) — note the pronunciation shǎng, not shàng.

numeral

hundreds of (used before a noun)(verb phrase) to reach the hundredsto number in the hundreds

上百。
shàng bǎi Rén cān jiā le huì yì.
Hundreds of people attended the meeting.
上百。
Zhè jiā gōng sī yǒu shàng bǎi míng yuán gōng.
This company has hundreds of employees.
上百。
Tā shōu jí le shàng bǎi zhāng yóu piào.
He collected hundreds of stamps.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上 means reach or above and 百 means hundred, giving a number that reaches or exceeds hundreds.

Characters in this word

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

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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

Same sound today

百 combines 一, which carries the number meaning, with 白, which provides the sound.

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