百万

百萬

bǎiwàn

number #2,776

Meanings

1 million
2 one million

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

这座城市有几百万人口。

Zhè zuò chéngshì yǒu jǐ bǎiwàn rénkǒu.

This city has a population of several million.

HSK 6

他赚了一百万。

Tā zhuàn le yī bǎiwàn.

He earned one million.

Tips

grammar

Chinese counting uses 万 (10,000) as a base unit, so 百万 literally means 'hundred ten-thousands' = 1,000,000. Similarly: 千万 = 10 million, 亿 = 100 million.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

万 wàn