| 1 | 千 | 千 | qiān | qian1 | thousand; see 秋千 | | |
| 2 | 一千 | 一千 | yī qiān | yi1 qian1 | one thousand | | |
| 3 | 千米 | 千米 | qiān mǐ | qian1 mi3 | kilometer | | |
| 4 | 千万 | 千萬 | qiān wàn | qian1 wan4 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | | |
| 5 | 几千 | 幾千 | jǐ qiān | ji3 qian1 | several thousand | | |
| 6 | 千克 | 千克 | qiān kè | qian1 ke4 | kilogram | | |
| 7 | 两千 | 兩千 | liǎng qiān | liang3 qian1 | two thousand | | |
| 8 | 千方百计 | 千方百計 | qiān fāng bǎi jì | qian1 fang1 bai3 ji4 | lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means | | |
| 9 | 成千上万 | 成千上萬 | chéng qiān shàng wàn | cheng2 qian1 shang4 wan4 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | | |
| 10 | 千瓦 | 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | qian1 wa3 | kilowatt (unit of electric power) | | |
| 11 | 四千 | 四千 | sì qiān | si4 qian1 | four thousand; 4000 | | |
| 12 | 千千万万 | 千千萬萬 | qiān qiān wàn wàn | qian1 qian1 wan4 wan4 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | | |
| 13 | 千金 | 千金 | qiān jīn | qian1 jin1 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter | | |
| 14 | 千变万化 | 千變萬化 | qiān biàn wàn huà | qian1 bian4 wan4 hua4 | countless changes; constant permutation | | |
| 15 | 千差万别 | 千差萬別 | qiān chā wàn bié | qian1 cha1 wan4 bie2 | manifold diversity | | |
| 16 | 柏孜克里克千佛洞 | 柏孜克里克千佛洞 | bó zī kè lǐ kè qiān fó dòng | Bo2 zi1 ke4 li3 ke4 Qian1 fo2 dong4 | the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang | | |
| 17 | 千乘之国 | 千乘之國 | qiān shèng zhī guó | qian1 sheng4 zhi1 guo2 | (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state | | |
| 18 | 酒逢知己千杯少 | 酒逢知己千杯少 | jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo | jiu3 feng2 zhi1 ji3 qian1 bei1 shao3 | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom); when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down | | |
| 19 | 四两拨千斤 | 四兩撥千斤 | sì liǎng bō qiān jīn | si4 liang3 bo1 qian1 jin1 | lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort | | |
| 20 | 说一千,道一万 | 說一千,道一萬 | shuō yī qiān , dào yī wàn | shuo1 yi1 qian1 , dao4 yi1 wan4 | when all is said and done; at the end of the day | | |
| 21 | 转战千里 | 轉戰千里 | zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ | zhuan3 zhan4 qian1 li3 | fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country; never-ending struggle | | |
| 22 | 差之毫厘,失之千里 | 差之毫釐,失之千里 | chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ | cha1 zhi1 hao2 li2 , shi1 zhi1 qian1 li3 | the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom); a miss is as good as a mile | | |
| 23 | 差之千里 | 差之千里 | chā zhī qiān lǐ | cha1 zhi1 qian1 li3 | to be a thousand 里 |里 [li3] astray; to make big mistake (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 百姿千态 | 百姿千態 | bǎi zī qiān tài | bai3 zi1 qian1 tai4 | in different poses and with different expressions; in thousands of postures (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 敝帚千金 | 敝帚千金 | bì zhǒu qiān jīn | bi4 zhou3 qian1 jin1 | lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be parted with it for anything. | | |