Chinese Word of the Day
一百yī bǎi
one hundred
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 一百 | 一bǎi | |
| 1. num. one hundred; a hundred | ||
| 一百 零 三 - a hundred and three - | ||
| 一百 一 十二 - a hundred and twelve - | ||
| 來人， 拿 章 案 的 拉 下去，杖 責 一百！ - Men, drag him away and give him a hundred lashes! | ||
| 本 書 出版 距今 已經 一百 多 年。 - More than one hundred years have passed since the publication of this book. | ||
| Components | ||
| 一 | 一 | |
| 1. one | ||
| 一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long | ||
| 一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured | ||
| 一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low | ||
| 一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night | ||
| 一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C | ||
| 一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right | ||
| 2. each; every | ||
| 給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each. | ||
| 3. single; alone | ||
| 獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person | ||
| 專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous | ||
| 4. whole; entire; all: throughout | ||
| 他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach. | ||
| 5. same; identical | ||
| 大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size | ||
| 大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C | ||
| 6. (classical) another; alternative | ||
| 蟋蟀，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī. | ||
| 7. (formal) certain aforementioned | ||
| 「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律 | ||
| 8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb: | ||
| 9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once | ||
| 10. 看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look | ||
| 11. 望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C | ||
| 12. Indicating the intention to try | ||
| 13. 算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it | ||
| 14. 計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C | ||
| 15. once; as soon as; upon | ||
| 一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening. | ||
| 我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight. | ||
| 一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off | ||
| 一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far? | ||
| 16. (gay slang) top | ||
| 一號 - yīhào - a top | ||
| 17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die | ||
| 18. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣). | ||
| 20. one | ||
| 21. each; every | ||
| 22. whole; entire; all | ||
| 23. (Beijing) one | ||
| 24. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 百 | bǎi, bó | |
| 1. hundred | ||
| 四 百 - four hundred - | ||
| 百 四 - one hundred and forty - | ||
| 長命百歲 - to live to be a hundred - | ||
| 2. numerous; countless | ||
| 千方百計 - by every conceivable means - | ||
| 3. every; all | ||
| Bai; Baak; Bak | ||
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Pronunciation
yī bǎi
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