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億
简 亿 · 繁 億Mandarin · pinyin yì
Meanings
- 100 million
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4 · yi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 億. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- hundred million (100,000,000) (sometimes written as 1,0000,0000)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) hundred thousand (100,000)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) peaceful; stable
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) brimming; plentiful; abundant
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 臆 (yì, “chest”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 臆 (yì, “to guess; to estimate; to surmise”)
- a surname
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