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百倍 (bǎi bèi) — hundredfold; a hundred times

Definition

adjective
hundredfolda hundred times

Examples

  • 百倍。
    Tā fù chū le bǎi bèi de nǔ lì cái chéng gōng.
    He put in a hundred times the effort to succeed.
  • 百倍。
    Gōng sī de lì rùn bǎi bèi zēng zhǎng.
    The company's profits grew a hundredfold.
  • 百倍。
    Wǒ men xū yào bǎi bèi de xìn xīn.
    We need a hundred times the confidence.

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.

百bǎihundred
倍bèifold

百 gives hundred and 倍 gives fold; together they mean a hundred times as much.

Characters in this word

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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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
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu倍bèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

倍 has 人 on the left and 咅 on the right; 人 points to a person, while 咅 gives the sound.

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