十亿 (十億)
shí yì
Pinyin

Definition

十亿 (十億)
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shí yì
  1. one billion
  2. giga-

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
十二
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
十分
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span

Sample Sentences

脱离欧盟肯定会对英国产生一连串连锁反应，不过，在短期内对英国无疑是有利的，因为英国可以立即省下每年需缴纳给欧盟的八十亿英镑款项。
tuōlí Ōuméng kěndìng huì duì Yīngguó chǎnshēng yīliánchuàn liánsuǒfǎnyìng ，bùguò ，zài duǎnqī nèi duì Yīngguó wúyí shì yǒulì de ，yīnwèi Yīngguó kěyǐ lìjí shěngxià měinián xū jiǎonà gěi Ōuméng de bāshíyì yīngbàng kuǎnxiàng 。
Brexit will certainly unleash a chain reaction on the UK, but, in the short-term, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to the UK, because the UK can immediately save the 8 billion pounds they pay to the EU each year.
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他是世界上最年轻的那种十亿万富翁，而且是美金。太厉害了！
tā shì shìjiè shàng zuì niánqīng de nà zhǒng shí yì wàn fùwēng ，érqiě shì měijīn 。tài lìhai le ！
He's the world's youngest billionaire, and it's in American dollars. He's so awesome!
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That's for sure. There's so much profit here! I heard that a Las Vegas casino won back its investment of about two billion RMB in just seven months! That's scary!
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It's no wonder people say ``in a billion people, nine hundred million will be gamblers and one hundred million are alternates." As expected, business is booming.
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