Mnemonic

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Give a MAN a FISH HOOK, and he will eat ONE HUNDRED MILLION fish!

Etymology

亿万 (one hundred million ten thousand) means "millions upon millions"

Mnemonic

It may seem strange to us to have 100 million as a special number, but Chinese are used to grouping by 4 zeros instead of 3. To them, this number feels just as basic as our "million" or "billion".

Mnemonic

“man (squished to the side) + fish hook” how many Fish Hooks would fit on a man’s skin? imagine someone covered in fish hooks. 100,000,000 of them. ONE HUNDRED MILLION. This guy isn't quite there yet, but I think that he might get there soon. ONE HUNDRED MILLION Hooks in a Side-man. --from Flawka on Flickr(http://www.flickr.com/photos/flawka/4661054380/)

Pronunciation mem

The man hooked an YI -asy (easy) 4ortune with that ONE HUNDRED MILLION dollar lottery ticket.

Confusable mem

The on with man is the HUNDRED MILLION; man is a solid, numerous thing. The heart is a more ethereal concept, giving rise to the more intangible word linked to memory; TO RECALL.

Mnemonic

MAN, that's one valuable FISH HOOK: Worth ONE HUNDRED MILLION! Go CALCULATE.

Mnemonic

Give a man a fish, and feed him for one day. Give a man a fish hook, and feed him for one hundred million days.

Pronunciation mem

Hook gives YI, one hundred million has 4+4 zeroes so we have to use the 4th tone.

Mnemonic

A MAN is fishing with his FISH HOOK and pulls up ONE HUNDRED MILLION dollars.

Mnemonic

Yi4. Yi-down. Count down from 10 crore.

Pronunciation mem

Yi4--same pronunciation as for "art". Someday, son, your art will be worth ONE HUNDRED MILLION. Yeah right!

by mikedufty 2 comments Latest 7 months ago    
mikedufty  
100 million as an acceptable answer would make for less typing
benwhately  
good point - I have added that one in. You can also write 100,000,000; 100000000; 100m and a few others. I hope this has got all the possibilities covered, but please let me know if you come across any others!Thanks!

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Easily confused with

English alternatives

  • _hundred million
  • 100m
  • calculate
  • _yi
  • to calculate
  • 100 million
  • _calculate
  • 100,000,000
  • 100000000
  • _a hundred million
  • _to calculate

Mandarin alternatives

  • _亿

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