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百个苹果
bǎi gè píngguǒ
one hundred apples
我买了百个苹果。
I bought one hundred apples.
formal
A literal quantity of one hundred apples.
超市里有百个苹果在促销。
There are one hundred apples on sale at the supermarket.
她每天吃一个苹果，所以一年能吃三百六十五个苹果。
She eats one apple every day, so she eats three hundred sixty-five apples in a year.
Commonly used in contexts involving counting or purchasing apples in bulk.
Pro Tip
Measure Words in Chinese
Chinese uses measure words (量词) to quantify nouns. For apples, '个' is the most common measure word for counting individual fruits. For example, '一个苹果' (yī gè píngguǒ) means 'one apple.'
Gold Rule
Literal vs. Figurative Meaning
The phrase '百个苹果' is entirely literal. It does not carry any idiomatic or figurative meaning. Always interpret it based on the literal count of apples.
Word Origin
The phrase combines '百' (bǎi, meaning 'one hundred') and '个' (gè, a common Chinese measure word) with '苹果' (píngguǒ, meaning 'apple'). '个' is used to quantify nouns in Chinese, and '苹果' is a direct loanword from English 'apple' via Portuguese 'pomo' (fruit).
Usage Notes
This phrase is straightforward and literal. It is used in everyday contexts to describe a specific quantity of apples. The measure word '个' is generic and can be replaced with other measure words like '斤' (jīn, a unit of weight) if referring to weight rather than count.
Word Breakdown
百
one hundred
numeral个
measure word for counting
measure word苹果
apple
noun汉英词典