百亿 (bǎiyì): ten billion

Meanings

Zhè jiā gōngsī de gūzhí chāoguò bǎiyì.

This company's valuation exceeds ten billion.

Shuāng shíyī de xiāoshòu'é qīngsōng pò bǎiyì.

Singles' Day sales easily break ten billion.

Pīnduōduō yǒu ge bǎiyì bǔtiē huódòng.

Pinduoduo has a '10 billion subsidy' promotion.

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