四亿

四億

sìyì

number #37,799

Meanings

1 four hundred million (400,000,000)

Characters

hundred million

Examples

这部电影票房超过四亿。

Zhèbù diànyǐngpiào fáng chāoguò sìyì.

This film's box office exceeded 400 million.

全球约有四亿人讲西班牙语。

Quánqiú yuē yǒu sìyì rén jiǎng Xībānyáyǔ.

About 400 million people worldwide speak Spanish.

Tips

mistakes

亿 (yì) means 'one hundred million' (10⁸), not 'billion'. So 四亿 = 4 × 100 million = 400 million. The English 'billion' (10⁹) is 十亿 (shíyì). Don't mix them up — a frequent error in news translation.

Stroke Order

四 sì

亿 yì