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百日

bǎirì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a hundred days
  2. 2 a baby's hundredth day
  3. 3 the hundredth day after a death

Examples

HSK 5
宝宝明天就满百日了，家里准备请亲戚吃饭。
Bǎobao míngtiān jiù mǎn bǎirì le, jiālǐ zhǔnbèi qǐng qīnqi chīfàn.
The baby turns a hundred days old tomorrow, and the family is inviting relatives to a meal.
HSK 6
这项工程百日之内必须完工。
Zhè xiàng gōngchéng bǎirì zhīnèi bìxū wángōng.
This project must be finished within a hundred days.

Tips

culture
A baby's 百日 comes after 满月 'one month old' and before 周岁 'one year old'. Families mark it with a banquet and gifts such as a silver lock pendant engraved 长命百岁 'may you live to a hundred'.

In Pop Culture

百日维新 Bǎirì Wéixīn
Hundred Days' Reform
Reform program of the 光绪 Emperor in 1898, ended after 103 days when Empress Dowager 慈禧 took back power.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi
日 rì