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百

bǎi · bai/Bǎi · bai

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Meaning

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bǎi 百

  1. hundred
  2. numerous
  3. all kinds of

Bǎi 百

  1. surname Bai
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Counting steps

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)走了(zǒule)多少(duōshao)步(bù)？

    Dengdeng, how many steps did you walk today?

  2. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，我(wǒ)走了(zǒule)一百(yībǎi)步(bù)！

    Look. I walked a hundred steps!

  3. Liangliang

    才(cái)一百(yībǎi)？上星期(shàngxīngqī)你(nǐ)走了(zǒule)一万(yīwàn)步(bù)。

    Only a hundred? Last week you walked ten thousand.

  4. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)上山(shàngshān)了(le)，一百(yībǎi)步(bù)很(hěn)不容易(bùróngyì)。

    But today I went up the hill. A hundred steps is not easy.

  5. Liangliang

    上山(shàngshān)一百(yībǎi)步(bù)，下山(xiàshān)也(yě)一百(yībǎi)步(bù)，一共(yīgòng)两百(liǎngbǎi)步(bù)啊(a)！

    A hundred steps up, and a hundred down too. That is two hundred in total!

  6. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，所以(suǒyǐ)下山(xiàshān)的(de)时候(shíhou)我(wǒ)没(méi)数(shǔ)。

    Right, so I did not count on the way down.

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2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)班(bān)有(yǒu)整(zhěng)整(zhěng)一(yì)百(bǎi)名(míng)学(xué)生(sheng)。

This class has exactly one hundred students.

02

超(chāo)市(shì)里(lǐ)摆(bǎi)着(zhe)上(shàng)百(bǎi)种(zhǒng)水(shuǐ)果(guǒ)，让(ràng)人(rén)挑(tiāo)花(huā)了(le)眼(yǎn)。

The supermarket has hundreds of kinds of fruit on display, making it hard to choose.

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