亿
hundred million; ancient ten thousand thousand; surname
Meanings
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hundred million; ten thousand ten thousands
Modern standard Chinese numeral for 100 million, the most common usage today.
The investment for this project exceeds 200 million RMB.
China's population exceeds 1.4 billion.
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The annual profit of this company reached 500 million.
Total tourism revenue last year broke through 300 million visits.
The sales volume of this phone has exceeded 100 million units.
numeral
ancient ten thousand thousand; one hundred thousand
archaicArchaic usage, rarely seen in modern daily communication.
In ancient texts, yi was often used to mean one hundred thousand.
Ancient records mention the army had yi wan soldiers, which actually meant one hundred thousand.
noun
surname Yi
Used as a family name, relatively rare in China.
Mr. Yi is a new client of our company.
The Yi surname is a relatively rare one on China's surname rankings.