数以百万计

數以百萬計

Shù yǐ bǎiwàn jì

phrase #20,703

Meanings

1 millions of
2 numbering in the millions
3 counted in the millions

Characters

number, to count

by means of, using

to count, to calculate

Examples

HSK 3

数以百万计的人观看了这场比赛。

Shù yǐ bǎiwàn jì de rén guānkàn le zhè chǎng bǐsài.

Millions of people watched the match.

HSK 6

战争造成数以百万计的难民。

Zhànzhēng zàochéng shù yǐ bǎiwàn jì de nànmín.

The war created millions of refugees.

Tips

grammar

This phrase follows the pattern 数以X计 meaning 'counted in Xs.' Similar constructions: 数以千计 (thousands of), 数以亿计 (hundreds of millions of). The phrase acts as a quantifier before a noun.

Stroke Order

数 shù

以 yǐ

百 bǎi

万 wàn

计 jì