Definition
数十亿 is a measure word (classifier) meaning 'tens of billions' — it combines 数 (several), 十 (ten), and 亿 (hundred million). You use it before a noun to count things in multiples of tens of billions, like 数十亿美元 (tens of billions of dollars) or 数十亿颗星星 (tens of billions of stars). It can also be used as a noun on its own (数十亿 of something). Since 亿 itself is a large unit, 数十亿 represents an extremely large quantity, often seen in economics, astronomy, or population statistics.
classifier
tens of billions
Examples
- 数十亿。Zhè jiā gōngsī shìzhí chāoguò shù shí yì měiyuán.This company's market value exceeds tens of billions of dollars.
- 数十亿。Zhèngfǔ tóurù le shù shí yì zījīn yòng yú kēyán.The government invested tens of billions of funds into scientific research.
- 数十亿。Yínhéxì lǐ yǒu shù shí yì kē xīngxing.There are tens of billions of stars in the Milky Way.
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