Definition
千亿 is a specific numeral meaning 'one hundred billion' (10¹¹). In Chinese, 亿 is 10⁸ (100 million), so 千亿 is 1,000 × 100 million = 100 billion. It is commonly used in contexts like national budgets, corporate revenue, population figures, and astronomical distances. Unlike the vague English 'myriads', 千亿 is a precise number.
num.
one hundred billion (10¹¹)hundreds of billions (in informal or approximate usage)
Examples
- 千亿。Zhège xiàngmù de tóuzī gāodá qiān yì měiyuán.The investment in this project is as high as one hundred billion US dollars.
- 千亿。Yínhéxì lǐ yǒu qiān yì kē héngxīng.There are one hundred billion stars in the Milky Way.
- 千亿。Quánqiú rénkǒu yǐ jiējìn qiān yì.The global population is approaching one hundred billion.
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