十亿

十億

shíyì

number #13,593

Meanings

1 one billion; 1,000,000,000
2 giga-

Characters

hundred million

Examples

HSK 5

中国人口早就超过了十亿。

Zhōngguó rénkǒu zǎojiù chāoguò le shíyì.

China's population passed one billion long ago.

Tips

grammar

十亿 = 10 亿 = 10 x 100,000,000 = 1,000,000,000. Chinese uses 亿 (hundred million) as the large unit, so 'one billion' is always expressed as 'ten hundred-millions'.

Stroke Order

十 shí

亿 yì