数以亿计

數以億計

shùyǐyìjì

phrase #48,267

Meanings

1 countless
2 numbering in the hundreds of millions
3 to be counted in the billions

Characters

hundred million

to count; reckon

Examples

HSK 4

数以亿计的人在使用这款应用。

Shùyǐyìjì de rén zài shǐyòng zhè kuǎn yìngyòng.

Hundreds of millions of people use this app.

HSK 7-9

宇宙中有数以亿计的星系。

Yǔzhòu zhōng yǒu shùyǐyìjì de xīngxì.

There are countless galaxies in the universe.

Tips

grammar

Pattern: 数 + 以 + (magnitude unit) + 计 = 'numbering in the X's', where X is a unit of magnitude. 数以百计 (hundreds), 数以千计 (thousands), 数以万计 (tens of thousands), 数以亿计 (hundreds of millions). Common in journalism.

Stroke Order

数 shù

以 yǐ

亿 yì

计 jì