一亿 (yī yì) — hundred million

Definition

一亿 (yī yì) means exactly 100,000,000 — 'one hundred million'. In the short scale, 1 亿 = 100 million (not 1 billion); compare with 千万 (10 million) and 十亿 (1 billion).

numeral
hundred million

Examples

  • 一亿
    Zhè ge xiàng mù tóu zī le yī yì měi yuán.
    This project invested one hundred million US dollars.
  • 一亿
    yī yì Rén kǒu de chéng shì xū yào hěn duō zī yuán.
    A city of one hundred million people needs a lot of resources.
  • 一亿
    Tā de zī chǎn chāo guò yī yì yuán.
    His assets exceed one hundred million yuan.

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