Usage note
百是数字一百，用来数东西的数量。
bǎi shì shùzì yībǎi, yòng lái shǔ dōngxi de shùliàng.
百 means one hundred and is used to count how many things there are.
Context note
百是数字，表示十个十。我们数数或说数量时常用到它。
bǎi shì shùzì, biǎoshì shí gè shí. wǒmen shǔ shù huò shuō shùliàng shí cháng yòng dào tā.
This word is a number that means one hundred, or ten groups of ten. It is used when counting or talking about amounts.
5 examples
一百本书
yī bǎi běn shū
One hundred books
一百米赛跑
yī bǎi mǐ sài pǎo
A 100-meter race
一百零一
yī bǎi líng yī
One hundred and one
一百万
yī bǎi wàn
A million
一百人
yī bǎi rén
One hundred people
5 mini stories
小明有五十本书，他想要再买五十本。
Xiǎo míng yǒu wǔ shí běn shū, tā suàn xiǎo zài mǎi wǔ shí běn.
Xiaoming has fifty books. He wants to buy another fifty.
妈妈给了小红一百元。
Mā ma gěi le xiǎo hóng yī bǎi yuán.
Mom gave Xiaohong one hundred yuan.
学校有两百个学生。
Xué xiào yǒu liǎng bǎi gè xué shēng.
The school has two hundred students.
一百个人一起唱歌。
Yī bǎi gè rén yì qǐ chàng gē.
One hundred people sing together.
一百零一是一百和一的总和。
Yī bǎi líng yī shì yī bǎi hé yī de zǒng hé.
One hundred and one is the sum of one hundred and one.
Mini dialogue
数数
A
你能数到一百吗？
Nǐ néng shǔ dào yībǎi ma?
Can you count to one hundred?
B
能，我能数到一百。
Néng, wǒ néng shǔ dào yībǎi.
Yes, I can count to one hundred.
买东西
A
这个玩具多少钱？
Zhège wánjù duōshao qián?
How much is this toy?
B
这个玩具一百元。
Zhège wánjù yībǎi yuán.
This toy is one hundred yuan.
Related words and contrasts
related
千
qiān
thousand
a larger number unit
related
十
shí
ten
a smaller number unit