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百

bǎi

HSK 2 Character

What 百 means

1. hundred
2. numerous
3. all kinds of

Other readings

百 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Bǎisurname Bai

Example sentences

• 我数到两百。
  I counted to two hundred.
• 五十步笑百步。
  Wǔshíbùxiàobǎibù.
  The pot calls the kettle black.
• 百闻不如一见。
  Bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn.
  A picture is worth a thousand words.
• 祝你长命百岁！
  May you live long!
• 我欠他一百元。
  I owe him $100.
• 她储了一百块。
  She saved a hundred dollars.

Words starting with 百

• 百分点bǎi fēn diǎnpercentage point
• 百姓bǎi xìngcommon people
• 百年bǎi niánhundred years; century; (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life
• 百万bǎi wànmillion
• 百合bǎi hé(botany) lily; (anime/games; slang) yuri…
• 百货bǎi huògeneral merchandise
• 百般bǎi bānin hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
• 百科全书bǎi kē quán shūencyclopedia
• 百分bǎi fēnpercent; percentage
• 百万富翁bǎi wàn fù wēngmillionaire
• 百科bǎi kēuniversal; encyclopedic; abbr. for 百科全书
• 百货公司bǎi huò gōng sīdepartment store
• 百无聊赖bǎi wú liáo lài(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
• 百倍bǎi bèia hundredfold; (fig.) markedly; to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive)…
• 百老汇Bǎi lǎo huìBroadway (New York City)
• 百分比bǎi fēn bǐpercentage
• 百合花bǎi hé huālily; fig. pure and spotless person; virgin
• 百感交集bǎi gǎn jiāo jíall sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
• 百草bǎi cǎoall kinds of grass; all kinds of flora
• 百货大楼bǎi huò dà lóudepartment store
• 百灵bǎi línglark (bird of family Alaudidae)
• 百货商店bǎi huò shāng diàndepartment store
• 百花齐放bǎi huā qí fànga hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression
• 百出bǎi chū(following a noun) full of ...; abounding in ...

Words containing 百

• 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngordinary people; the "person in the street"
• 千方百计qiān fāng bǎi jìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
• 数百shù bǎiseveral hundred
• 数百万shù bǎi wànseveral million
• 千奇百怪qiān qí bǎi guàifantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
• 成百上千chéng bǎi shàng qiānhundreds; a large number; lit. by the hundreds and thousands
• 千姿百态qiān zī bǎi tài(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
• 二百五èr bǎi wǔidiot; stupid person; a dope
• 一了百了yī liǎo bǎi liǎo(idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved…
• 身经百战shēn jīng bǎi zhànlit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned
• 凡百fán bǎiall; everything; the whole
• 半百bàn bǎififty (usually referring to sb's age)
• 一百一yī bǎi yīfaultless; impeccable
• 敌百虫dí bǎi chóngtrichlorfon (C4H8Cl3O4P), organophosphate insecticide; also called dipterex
• 李百药Lǐ Bǎi yàoLi Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the…
• 杨百翰yáng bǎi hànBrigham Young
• 歌百灵gē bǎi líng(bird species of China) singing bush lark (Mirafra javanica)
• 海百合hǎi bǎi hésea lily; crinoid
• 牛百叶niú bǎi yèomasum; beef tripe
• 角百灵jiǎo bǎi líng(bird species of China) horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
• 解百纳Jiě bǎi nàCabernet (grape type)
• 赛百味Sài bǎi wèiSubway (fast food restaurant)
• 黑百灵hēi bǎi líng(bird species of China) black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
• 一呼百应yī hū bǎi yìng(idiom) (of a call) to elict an enthusiastic response; to receive extensive approval

Characters that look like 百

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 页yèpage; leaf
• 买mǎito buy; to purchase
• 肖xiàosimilar; resembling; to resemble
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…
• 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read bǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摆to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 柏cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 伯one hundred (old)
• 佰hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 捭to spread out; to open
• 竡hectoliter (old)
• 䙓variant of 摆