百亿补贴

百億補貼

bǎiyì bǔtiē

noun

Meanings

1 10-billion subsidy program (Pinduoduo's signature deep-discount channel)
2 by extension: a deep-discount section of an e-commerce app

Characters

hundred million

supplement / subsidize

subsidy / paste

Examples

HSK 5

我在拼多多百亿补贴买的iPhone，便宜不少。

Wǒ zài Pīnduōduō bǎiyì bǔtiē mǎi de iPhone, piányí bùshǎo.

I bought my iPhone through Pinduoduo's 10-billion subsidy section - quite a bit cheaper.

HSK 6

百亿补贴里的商品都是平台贴钱卖的。

Bǎiyì bǔtiē lǐ de shāngpǐn dōu shì píngtái tiē qián mài de.

Items in the 10-billion subsidy section are all sold at a loss subsidized by the platform.

Tips

culture

Launched by 拼多多 (Pinduoduo) in mid-2019: the platform pledged 10 billion yuan in subsidies to undercut Tmall and JD on brand-name goods, and the 百亿补贴 channel became a household phrase. 京东、淘宝 and 抖音 e-commerce later launched their own 百亿补贴 channels in response.

usage

亿 = 100 million, so 百亿 = 10 billion (one hundred 亿). 补贴 = subsidy. The phrase doesn't literally mean every 补贴 program at this scale - it specifically references this channel name.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

亿 yì

补 bǔ

贴 tiē