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    Expressing 'millions' with 数百万 (shùbǎiwàn)

    Numbers & Quantity

    Structure

    数百万 + Measure Word + Noun

    Explanation

    数百万 (shùbǎiwàn) means "millions" or "several million." The prefix 数 means "several" and combines with 百万 (one million) to indicate an indefinite but large number in the millions. This pattern (数 + number) is productive in Chinese: 数千 (thousands), 数十 (dozens).

    Examples

    • 数百万用户受到了这次数据泄露的影响。

      shù bǎi wàn yònghù shòudào le zhè cì shùjù xièlòu de yǐngxiǎng.

      Hundreds of millions of users were affected by this data breach.

    • 地震导致数百万人无家可归。

      dìzhèn dǎozhì shù bǎi wàn rén wújiā kěguī.

      The earthquake left millions of people homeless.

    • 这款游戏上线一周就吸引了数百万玩家。

      zhè kuǎn yóuxì shàngxiàn yī zhōu jiù xīyǐn le shù bǎi wàn wánjiā.

      This game attracted millions of players within just one week of its launch.

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