qiān

千

thousand

HSK 2.0 · 2 HSK 3.0 · 2
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Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 千

千克 qiān kè kilogram HSK 2
千万 qiān wàn ten million; countless HSK 3
成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable HSK 7–9
千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means HSK 7–9
千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù every family (idiom) HSK 7–9
千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril HSK 7–9
千变万化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes; constant permutation HSK 7–9
千军万马 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 这个手表一千两百元。 This watch is 1,200 yuan. Lesson 19
  • 两千八百元。 2,800 yuan. Lesson 19
  • 两千五,不能再便宜了。 2,500 — that's as low as I can go. Lesson 19
  • 第一个手表三千元,太贵了。 The first watch was 3,000 yuan — too expensive. 送给爸爸的礼物

Character facts

Radical
十 ten, tenth; complete; perfect
Parts
丿 + 十
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+5343