億
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yì · hundred million

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15Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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亻Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 億

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Example sentences

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Tiān kōng zhōng yǒu shù shí yì de xīng xīng.天空中有數十億的星星。

There are billions of stars in the sky.

Source: Tatoeba #4455656 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhōng guó yǒu chāo guò shí yì rén kǒu.中國有超過十億人口。

More than a billion people live in China.

Source: Tatoeba #13556512 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zǒng shì mèng xiǎng zhù chéng wéi yì wàn fù wēng.我總是梦想著成為億萬富翁。

I always dreamed of being a billionaire.

Source: Tatoeba #6114446 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sì yì rén yǐ yīng yǔ zuò wéi tā mén de dìyī yǔ yán.四億人以英語作為他們的第一語言。

Four hundred million people speak English as their first language.

Source: Tatoeba #811541 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jì huá de zǒng kāi zhī wéi yí yì yuán.計劃的總開支為一億円。

The total expense for the project amounts to one hundred million yen.

Source: Tatoeba #339932 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Duì wū qí tā de liù yì rén kǒu ér yán, yīng yǔ bú shì dì èr yǔ yán jiù shì wài yǔ.對於其他的六億人口而言,英語不是第二語言就是外語。

For the other 600 million people, English is either a second language or a foreign language.

Source: Tatoeba #811916 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 億 in context

  1. Say yì, then recall the core meaning: hundred million.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 億 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.