成百

chéngbǎi

phrase #22,818

Meanings

1 hundreds of
2 by the hundred

Characters

to form; to become; to amount to

Examples

成百的学生参加了这次比赛。

Chéngbǎi de xuésheng cānjiā le zhè cì bǐsài.

Hundreds of students participated in this competition.

成百上千的人涌上街头。

Chéngbǎi shàngqiān de rén yǒng shàng jiētóu.

Hundreds and thousands of people poured into the streets.

Tips

usage

成百 often appears in the compound phrase 成百上千 (chéngbǎi shàngqiān) meaning 'hundreds and thousands' — used to emphasize a very large number.

Stroke Order

成 chéng

百 bǎi