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千

qiān

thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler

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Radical
十
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Tone
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Traditional form: 韆

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Example sentences

  • 他有一千多本书。

    Tā yǒu yī qiān duō běn shū

    He has more than a thousand books.

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  • 我爱千层面。

    Wǒ ài qiān céng miàn

    I love lasagna.

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  • 数千人失业。

    Shù qiān rén shī yè

    Thousands of people lost their jobs.

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  • 当时有多达千人在那里。

    Dāng shí yǒu duō dá qiān rén zài nà li

    As many as a thousand people were there.

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Words containing 千

  • 千qiān 1thousand
  • 千克qiān kè 1–4 kilogram
  • 千万qiān wàn 1–4 ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
  • 千方百计qiān fāng bǎi jì 1–1–3–4lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
  • 成千上万chéng qiān shàng wàn 2–1–4–4lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
  • 千家万户qiān jiā wàn hù 1–1–4–4every family (idiom)
  • 千钧一发qiān jūn yī fà 1–1–1–4a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death
  • 千变万化qiān biàn wàn huà 1–4–4–4countless changes; constant permutation
  • 千军万马qiān jūn wàn mǎ 1–1–4–3magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men