Chinese word

亿

Pronunciation

Pinyinyì

Meaning

  • numberhundred million

Example

中国人口超过十四亿。zhōng guó rén kǒu chāo guò shí sì yì

China's population exceeds 1.4 billion.

Illustration for 亿 (hundred million)

More examples

这本书销量超过一亿本。zhè běn shū xiāo liàng chāo guò yí yì běn

This book's sales have exceeded one hundred million copies.

Core concept

A large-number marker that bundles ten thousand sets of ten thousand into one count.

Common phrases

  • 一亿yí yì

    100 million

  • 几亿jǐ yì

    several hundred million

Similar words

万wàn: A unit for expressing 10,000 in counts of people, objects, or money.
千qiān: A unit for expressing 1,000 in a count of people or things.
百bǎi: A unit for expressing 100 when counting things or stating prices.
十shí: A unit for expressing 10 in the place-value system.

Definition in Chinese

作为基数词，指一亿（100,000,000），常用于表示人口、货币等大数目，如“一亿人”、“五亿”。zuò wéi jī shù cí zhǐ yí yì 100 000 000 cháng yòng yú biǎo shì rén kǒu huò bì děng dà shù mù rú yí yì rén wǔ yì

Word origin

亿 (yì, "hundred million") is a simplified character whose older form was used for a very large number and later became the standard unit for 100,000,000.

Usage tips

  • The unit can follow an approximate number, so Chinese reports may show a broad scale instead of an exact total when describing a population or amount of money.

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