| 1 | 千 | 韆 | qiān | qian1 | thousand; see 秋千 | | |
| 2 | 千米 | 千米 | qiān mǐ | qian1 mi3 | kilometer | | |
| 3 | 千万 | 千萬 | qiān wàn | qian1 wan4 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | | |
| 4 | 千克 | 千克 | qiān kè | qian1 ke4 | kilogram | | |
| 5 | 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 | | |
| 6 | 千瓦 | 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | qian1 wa3 | kilowatt (unit of electric power) | | |
| 7 | 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 | | |
| 8 | 千金 | 千金 | qiān jīn | qian1 jin1 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter | | |
| 9 | 千变万化 | 千變萬化 | qiān biàn wàn huà | qian1 bian4 wan4 hua4 | countless changes; constant permutation | | |
| 10 | 千差万别 | 千差萬別 | qiān chā wàn bié | qian1 cha1 wan4 bie2 | manifold diversity | | |
| 11 | 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 | | |
| 12 | 千伏 | 千伏 | qiān fú | qian1 fu2 | kilovolt | | |
| 13 | 千夫所指 | 千夫所指 | qiān fū suǒ zhǐ | qian1 fu1 suo3 zhi3 | and pointed out by thousands | | |
| 14 | 千岛列岛 | 千島列島 | qiān dǎo liè dǎo | Qian1 dao3 Lie4 dao3 | Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido) | | |
| 15 | 千足虫 | 千足蟲 | qiān zú chóng | qian1 zu2 chong2 | millipede | | |
| 16 | 千吨级核武器 | 千噸級核武器 | qiān dūn jí hé wǔ qì | qian1 dun1 ji2 he2 wu3 qi4 | kiloton weapon | | |
| 17 | 千古 | 千古 | qiān gǔ | qian1 gu3 | for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) | | |
| 18 | 千吨 | 千噸 | qiān dūn | qian1 dun1 | kiloton | | |
| 19 | 千岛酱 | 千島醬 | qiān dǎo jiàng | qian1 dao3 jiang4 | thousand island dressing | | |
| 20 | 千岛湖 | 千島湖 | qiān dǎo hú | Qian1 dao3 Hu2 | Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 | | |
| 21 | 千刀万剐 | 千刀萬剮 | qiān dāo wàn guǎ | qian1 dao1 wan4 gua3 | to make mincemeat of sb; to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing) | | |
| 22 | 千疮百孔 | 千瘡百孔 | qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng | qian1 chuang1 bai3 kong3 | see 百孔千疮 | | |
| 23 | 千层面 | 千層麵 | qiān céng miàn | qian1 ceng2 mian4 | lasagna | | |
| 24 | 千变万轸 | 千變萬軫 | qiān biàn wàn zhěn | qian1 bian4 wan4 zhen3 | constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 千百万 | 千百萬 | qiān bǎi wàn | qian1 bai3 wan4 | Millions of people | | |