二十亿

二十億

èrshíyì

number #34,812

Meanings

1 two billion (2,000,000,000)

Characters

hundred million

Examples

这部电影的票房超过二十亿。

Zhèbù diànyǐng de piàofáng chāoguò èrshíyì.

This film's box office exceeded two billion.

全世界有二十亿人讲英语。

Quánshìjiè yǒu èrshíyì rén jiǎng Yīngyǔ.

Two billion people worldwide speak English.

Tips

grammar

Chinese groups large numbers by 万 (wàn, 10,000) and 亿 (yì, 100,000,000), not by 'thousand'/'million'. So 二十亿 = 20 × 10⁸ = 2 billion. American 'billion' (10⁹) translates as 十亿 (shíyì).

Stroke Order

二 èr

十 shí

亿 yì