(bǎi) — hundred (formal financial form used on checks, contracts, etc.)

Definition

佰 (bǎi) is the formal, upper-case written form of 百 ('hundred'), used mainly on checks, contracts, and receipts to prevent forgery — not in everyday speech.

numeral
hundred (formal financial form used on checks, contracts, etc.)

Examples

  • Tā zài zhī piào shàng xiě le èr bǎi yuán zhěng.
    He wrote two hundred yuan exactly on the check.
  • Hé tong jīn é wèi sān bǎi wàn.
    The contract amount is three million yuans.
  • Zhè fèn shōu jù shàng xiě zhe èr bǎi wǔ shí yuán.
    This receipt says two hundred fifty yuan.

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