百度

Chinese

hundred capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad.
(百度)
Literally: “hundreds of times; hundred degrees”.

Etymology

From "(To the Tune of) 'the Azure Jade Table' – Prime Night" (《青玉案·元夕》) by Xin Qiji (辛棄疾):

驀然回首燈火闌珊 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
蓦然回首灯火阑珊 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: late 12th century, 辛棄疾 (Xin Qiji),《青玉案·元夕》 ("(To the Tune of) 'The Azure Jade Desk' – Prime Night")
Zhònglǐ xún tā qiānbǎi dù; mòrán huíshǒu, nà rén què zài, dēnghuǒ lánshān chù. [Pinyin]
Among the crowd I search for her for hundreds of thousands of times; when – suddenly – I turn my head, right there she is, where the lanterns' lights dim.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

百度

  1. Baidu (major Chinese search engine)
    百度熱搜百度热搜   Bǎidù rèsōubǎng   ranking of popular Baidu searches

Derived terms

  • 百度百科

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百度):
  • Vietnamese: Bách Độ (百度)

Verb

百度

  1. to search on Baidu
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