一百块

yī bǎi kuài

one hundred yuan

这件衣服要一百块。

This shirt costs one hundred yuan.

informal

A monetary amount equivalent to one hundred yuan (RMB).

我花了一百块买了这本书。

I spent one hundred yuan to buy this book.

Commonly used in everyday conversations to refer to the price of goods or services in China.

Collocations

一百块钱one hundred yuan

one thousand yuan

ten thousand yuan

In China, '块' is the colloquial term for '元' (yuan), the official unit of the Chinese currency.

Derived from the combination of the numeral '一百' (one hundred) and '块' (unit of Chinese currency, yuan).

This phrase is widely used in informal contexts to discuss prices or amounts of money in China.

一百

one hundred

numeral

块

unit of Chinese currency (yuan)

noun

汉英词典