Meaning
hundred
Chinese: 数字一百，也泛指很多。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bai” becomes a different word in each tone. 百 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people; the "person in the street"
- 百货bǎi huògeneral merchandise
- 百分点bǎi fēn diǎnpercentage point
- 千方百计qiān fāng bǎi jìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 百合bǎi hé(botany) lily; (ACG) (slang) yuri (genre depicting romantic or intimate relationships between women)
Example Sentence
这个礼堂能坐几百人。Zhè ge lǐ táng néng zuò jǐ bǎi rén.This auditorium can seat several hundred people.
这个Zhè ge(pronoun) this礼堂lǐ tángassembly hall能néngcan坐zuòto sit几jǐsmall table百bǎihundred人rénperson。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
One (一) placed above 白, which also gives the sound. It means ‘hundred’.
A way to remember it
One on top of 白 — one hundred.
Easy to confuse with
- 白‘White’: the same body without the line on top.