Chinese
qiānyì
Meaning: a hundred billion; extremely many
Part of Speech: Number

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Example sentences

這項工程預計將耗資數千億元。
这项工程预计将耗资数千亿元。
This project is expected to cost hundreds of billions of yuan.
銀河系是由千億顆恆星組成的。
The Milky Way is composed of hundreds of billions of stars.

Usage Notes

Used to denote the number 100,000,000,000 or figuratively to mean an extremely large number.

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