亿
yì
Meaning
- 100 million
Definition
数目，一万万，即10^8。
A unit of number, equal to 100 million (10^8).
Usage
用于表示极大的数量，常与‘十’、‘百’、‘千’等组合使用，也可以单独使用，表示数量非常多。常用于金融、人口、计数等场景。
Used to indicate extremely large quantities, often combined with 'ten', 'hundred', 'thousand', etc., or used alone to signify a vast number. Commonly used in finance, population, counting, etc.
Examples
- 1 中国有十四亿人口。 (China has a population of 1.4 billion.)
- 2 公司市值超过百亿。 (The company's market value exceeds ten billion.)
- 3 他捐赠了五十万元，不是五亿。 (He donated 500,000 yuan, not 500 million.)
- 4 亿万富翁过着奢华的生活。 (Billionaires live a luxurious life.)
- 5 远古时期，地球上生活着数以亿计的生物。 (In ancient times, hundreds of millions of creatures lived on Earth.)
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