百亿

百億

bǎiyì

number #40,002

Meanings

HSK 5

拼多多有个百亿补贴活动。

Pīnduōduō yǒu ge bǎiyì bǔtiē huódòng.

Pinduoduo has a '10 billion subsidy' promotion.

HSK 7-9

这家公司的估值超过百亿。

Zhè jiā gōngsī de gūzhí chāoguò bǎiyì.

This company's valuation exceeds ten billion.

HSK 7-9

双十一的销售额轻松破百亿。

Shuāngshíyī de xiāoshòu'é qīngsōng pò bǎiyì.

Singles' Day sales easily break ten billion.

mistakes

Chinese counts in 万 (10,000) and 亿 (100,000,000). 百亿 = 100 × 100,000,000 = 10 billion (not 100 million). Think 'hundred hundred-millions'.

culture

百亿补贴 (ten-billion subsidy) is a famous Pinduoduo marketing campaign that went viral. 百亿 has become shorthand in e-commerce speak for 'massive'.

百 bǎi

亿 yì