one hundredin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 百ひゃく hyaku —
French cent /sɑ̃/ —
Italian cento /ˈtʃɛn.to/ —
Spanish cien /θjen/ —
German hundert /ˈhʊn.dɐt/ —
Korean 백Hanja 百 baek —
Chinese 一百Same in traditional yībǎi —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • Spanish (cien)Exactly 100 is cien; from 101 it becomes ciento (ciento uno).IPA shows Castilian Spanish; in Latin America [θ] (like English “th”) is pronounced [s].
  • German (hundert)Also einhundert.
  • Chinese (一百)It is said with 一 (“one hundred”); 一 changes tone and is pronounced yìbǎi.