How to Say "Million" in Chinese

百万

bǎiwàn

The English word 'million' is translated into Chinese as 百万 (bǎiwàn).

百万 is used as a cardinal number.

Meaning: cardinal number (num)

How does it change in a sentence?

Unlike English, which uses a base-1000 system (thousand, million, billion), Chinese uses a base-10000 system (万, 亿) for large numbers.

bǎiwàn

When writing a check or legal document in Chinese, a special complex version of the character 万 is used to prevent fraud by making it harder to alter the number.
While 百万 is the numerical value, the character 万 is often used in the phrase 万岁 to mean 'long live' or 'ten thousand years'.
The character 百 in 百万 means 'hundred', so the literal translation is 'hundred ten-thousands'.

他有超过一百万美元的资产。
He has over a million dollars in assets.
This sentence shows how to express assets totaling over a million dollars.
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他把一百万美元分给他五个儿子。
He divided one million dollars among his five sons.
This sentence demonstrates dividing one million dollars among several people.
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估计有一百万人左右。
Approximately one million people.
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Jiayi and Zhiqiang are discussing the population of a city.

佳怡 Jiayi

这个城市有几百万人。
Zhège chéngshì yǒu jǐ bǎi wàn rén.
This city has several million people.
志强 Zhiqiang

真的吗？那太拥挤了。
Zhēnde ma? Nà tài yōngjǐ le.
Really? That's too crowded.
佳怡 Jiayi

是的，人口已经超过一百万了。
Shìde, rénkǒu yǐjīng chāoguò yī bǎi wàn le.
Yes, the population has already exceeded one million.
志强 Zhiqiang

我没意识到人数这么多。
Wǒ méi yìshí dào rénshù zhème duō.
I didn't realize there were so many people.

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