数すう百ひゃく

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Meanings

several hundred; hundreds (of)

Used for an approximate number in the hundreds, often with a counter or noun. Can be followed by の to modify a noun.

数すう百ひゃく人にんの〈人ひと〉hundreds of (people)
数すう百ひゃく人にんの学がく生せいが式しき典てんに参さん加かした。
Hundreds of students took part in the ceremony.
数すう百ひゃくの〈物もの〉hundreds of (things)
工こう場じょうでは数すう百ひゃくの部ぶ品ひんが組くみ立たてられている。
Hundreds of parts are assembled at the factory.
数すう百ひゃく年ねん前まえに〈事こと〉hundreds of years ago, (something happened)
数すう百ひゃく年ねん前まえにこの城しろが建たてられた。
This castle was built hundreds of years ago.

何なん百びゃくN1
数百 states an approximate number in the hundreds, while 何百 emphasizes an indefinitely large number, often in rhetorical phrases like 何百もの人.
数すう千せん
数千 means 'several thousand' (roughly 2,000–9,000), while 数百 means 'several hundred', a smaller approximate quantity.

数すう十じゅう
数百 means 'several hundred', while 数十 means 'several tens'—an order of magnitude smaller, so the two are easy to mix up when reading quickly.
数すう千せん
数百 means 'several hundred', while 数千 means 'several thousand'—an order of magnitude larger, so learners can confuse the two similar-looking words.
数すう万まん
数百 means 'hundreds', a much smaller scale than 数万, which means 'tens of thousands'.

Compound of 数 (すう, 'several') and 百 (ひゃく, 'hundred'). The reading すうひゃく follows regular on'yomi patterns.