数以亿计

數以億計

shùyǐyìjì

phrase #48,267

Meanings

1 countless
2 numbering in the hundreds of millions
3 to be counted in the billions

Characters

hundred million

to count; reckon

Examples

数以亿计的人在使用这款应用。

Shùyǐyìjì de rén zài shǐyòng zhè kuǎn yìngyòng.

Hundreds of millions of people use this app.

宇宙中有数以亿计的星系。

Yǔzhòu zhōng yǒu shùyǐyìjì de xīngxì.

There are countless galaxies in the universe.

Tips

grammar

Pattern: 数以X计 = 'numbering in the X's', where X is a unit of magnitude. 数以百计 (hundreds), 数以千计 (thousands), 数以万计 (tens of thousands), 数以亿计 (hundreds of millions). Common in journalism.

Stroke Order

数 shù

以 yǐ

亿 yì

计 jì