五千万

五千萬

wǔqiānwàn

number #16,497

Meanings

这个城市有五千万人口。

Zhègè chéngshì yǒu wǔqiānwàn rénkǒu.

This city has a population of fifty million.

公司投资了五千万元。

Gōngsī tóuzī le wǔqiānwàn yuán.

The company invested fifty million yuan.

usage

Chinese counts large numbers in units of 万 (ten thousand). 五千万 = 5,000 × 10,000 = 50,000,000. The next unit up is 亿 (hundred million).

五 wǔ

千 qiān

万 wàn