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百年 meaning in English

bǎinián

hundred years; century; (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life

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Meaning of 百年

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bǎinián
  1. hundred years; century
  2. (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life

百年 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián是shì一yī家jiā。
Five hundred years ago it was a house.
一yì百bǎi年nián才cái出chū一yí个gè周zhōu立lì波bō。
A person like Zhou Libo is only born once every hundred years.
一yì百bǎi年nián被bèi叫jiào做zuò一yí个gè世shì纪jì。
A hundred years is called a century.
一yí个gè世shì纪jì就jiù是shì一yì百bǎi年nián。
A century is one hundred years.
一yì百bǎi年nián叫jiào做zuò一yí个gè世shì纪jì。
100 years is called a century.

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百 bǎi · hundred · 6 strokes

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年 nián · year · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 百年.

今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
明年míngniánnext year
半年bàn niánhalf a year
新年xīnniánNew Year
年轻niánqīngyoung
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青年qīngniányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
周年zhōuniánanniversary; annual
年级niánjígrade; year (in school, college etc)
中年zhōngniánmiddle age

Questions about 百年

What does 百年 mean?

百年 (bǎinián) means "hundred years; century; (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life".

How do you write 百年?

百年 is made of 2 characters: 百 (6 strokes), 年 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.