bǎi
hundred
我有一百本书。
wǒ yǒu yībǎi běn shū.
I have one hundred books.
这个班有一百个学生。
zhège bān yǒu yībǎi gè xuéshēng.
There are one hundred students in this class.
我今年一百岁了。
wǒ jīnnián yībǎi suì le.
I am one hundred years old this year.
佰 (bǎi)
hundred
百儿 (bǎir)
hundred
百十 (bǎishí)
hundred
一 (yī)
one
十 (shí)
ten
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The Chinese character 百 (bǎi) for "hundred" is composed of two parts: the radical 艹 (cǎo), which represents grass, and the phonetic component 白 (bái), which represents the color white. The character 百 originally meant "a hundred stalks of grass," and it was later extended to mean "hundred" in general.The radical 艹 is one of the most common radicals in Chinese, and it is used in many characters related to plants. The phonetic component 白 is also used in many other characters, such as 白 (bái) for "white," 黑 (hēi) for "black," and 明 (míng) for "bright."The character 百 has been used in Chinese for thousands of years, and it is one of the most basic characters in the language. It is used in a wide variety of contexts, including counting, measuring, and expressing percentages.
