- about a hundred
- a hundred or so
Generated definitions (experimental)
- about a hundred
- a hundred or so
This phrase is used to indicate an approximate quantity, suggesting that the number is around one hundred but not exact.
About a hundred people participated in this event.
This meaning conveys the idea of being slightly higher or lower than one hundred, often used in conversational contexts to express an estimate.
The cost of this trip is around a hundred dollars or so.
The school has about a hundred books.
Generated collocations (experimental)
bǎi ér bā shí百儿八十about a hundreddà yuē大约bǎi ér bā shí百儿八十approximately a hundredbǎi ér bā shí百儿八十gě个a hundred or so (items)bǎi ér bā shí百儿八十rén人about a hundred peoplebǎi ér bā shí百儿八十kuài块around a hundred piecesbǎi ér bā shí百儿八十tiáo条roughly a hundred (条 used for items like rivers or roads)bù dào不到bǎi ér bā shí百儿八十less than a hundredbǎi ér bā shí百儿八十de的jù lí距离a distance of about a hundredbǎi ér bā shí百儿八十de的jià gé价格a price of around a hundred