百
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bǎi · one hundred

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HSK 2.0 · Level 2HSK 3.0 · Level 1Frequency #2455
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Character anatomy

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

6Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

白Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 百

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Example sentences

Notice where 百 sits in each complete thought.

Wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yì jiā.五百年前是一家。

Five hundred years ago, they were one family.

Source: Tatoeba #760850 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yí gè shì jì jiù shì yì bǎi nián.一个世纪就是一百年。

A century is one hundred years.

Source: Tatoeba #1929101 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yì bǎi nián cái chū yí gè zhōu lì bō.一百年才出一个周立波。

A person like Zhou Libo is only born once every hundred years.

Source: Tatoeba #692772 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yì bǎi nián bèi jiào zuò yí gè shì jì.一百年被叫做一个世纪。

One hundred years is called a century.

Source: Tatoeba #1695405 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yì bǎi nián jiào zuò yí gè shì jì.一百年叫做一个世纪。

One hundred years is called a century.

Source: Tatoeba #461264 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de xué xiào lǐ yǒu yì bǎi gè rén.我的学校里有一百个人。

There are one hundred people in my school.

Source: Tatoeba #3890918 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 百 in context

  1. Say bǎi, then recall the core meaning: one hundred.
  2. Write all 6 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 老百姓 (lǎo bǎi xìng), meaning “ordinary people”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 百 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.