兆 (zhào) — million (10⁶), mega-
Definition
At HSK 7, 兆 functions as a SI prefix meaning 'mega-' (10⁶) in technical contexts like megabytes, megawatts, megatons. It is unrelated to the classical sense 'omen/sign' that shares the same spelling.
numeral
million (10⁶)mega-
Examples
- 兆。Zhè ge yìng pán de róng liàng shì wǔ bǎi zhào zì jié.The capacity of this hard drive is 500 megabytes.
- 。Zhè ge fā diàn chǎng de fā diàn néng lì shì sān bǎi zhào wǎ.The power generation capacity of this power plant is 300 megawatts.
- 兆TNT。Dì zhèn shì fàng de néng liàng dá dào jǐ shí zhào dūn TNT.The energy released by the earthquake reached tens of megatons of TNT.
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