How to Say ‘A hundred-yuan note’ in Simplified Chinese
一百的
yì bǎi de
[ee bye de]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding 的 lets a number stand for the note itself: 五十的 "a fifty", 二十的 "a twenty". 一 before 百 is said (yì bǎi), not (yī bǎi).
Phrase Breakdown
一百
yì bǎi
[ee bye]
one hundred
一百 means 100. In money contexts it usually refers to one hundred yuan when the context is clear.
我只有一百块，可以吗？
I only have 100 yuan, is that okay?
的
de
[de]
one (nominalizer)
Turns a phrase into a noun, like 'the ... one'; here 'the hundred-yuan note'.
红色的很好看。
The red one looks nice.
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