HSK 2 · Numbers

百 bǎi “hundred” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 百 means

  1. hundred
  2. numerous
  3. all kinds of

How to say 百

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale百bǎi3rd tone, dipping

百 in a sentence

  1. 我的学校里有一百个人。

    Wǒ de xuéxiào lǐ yǒu yì bǎi ge rén.

    There are one hundred people in my school.

    Sentence #3890918 from Tatoeba

  2. 他跟我借一百块。

    Tā gēn wǒ jiè yì bǎi kuài.

    He borrowed a hundred yuan from me.

    Sentence #412011 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我百分之百相信你。

    Wǒ bǎifēnzhībǎi xiāngxìn nǐ.

    I believe you one hundred per cent.

    Sentence #3675073 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 百 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 百 (bǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
百bǎihundred
  • 一one · yīMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

一 hints at the meaning (one); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎi.

How to write 百

百 6 strokes

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百 (bǎi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 百 (bǎi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 百

Words with 百

百分之bǎifēnzhī · per cent老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

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七qī · seven八bā · eight九jiǔ · nine十shí · ten第一dìyī · first件jiàn · measure word for clothes零líng · zero千qiān · thousand

FAQs

百 (bǎi) means “hundred” or “numerous”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it bǎi: bǎi with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 百 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 百 from the suggestions. Typing bai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
百 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.