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百 — hundred; numerous; all kinds of

Pinyin
bǎi · Bǎi
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — bǎi, Bǎi — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 百: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

百 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 百 in the HSK syllabus: 10

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds ofHSK 1
  2. 老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people; the "person in the street"HSK 5
  3. 百分点bǎifēndiǎnpercentage pointHSK 6
  4. 百货bǎihuògeneral merchandiseHSK 6
  5. 百般bǎibānin hundred and one ways; in every possible wayHSK 7–9
  6. 百分比bǎifēnbǐpercentageHSK 7–9
  7. 百合bǎihélily; yuriHSK 7–9
  8. 百科全书bǎikē quánshūencyclopediaHSK 7–9
  9. 千方百计qiānfāng-bǎijìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans; by every possible meansHSK 7–9
  10. 千姿百态qiānzī-bǎitàito come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of formsHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.