Chinese Word: 千 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

千HSK 2

Pinyin: qiān

English Definition: thousand

Chinese Definition:
①数目，十个一百(在钞票和单据上常用大写“仟”代)：千周(无线电波频率单位)。千克(即一公斤)。千米(即一公里)。
②喻极多：千里马。千言万语。千钧一发。千虑一失。千锤百炼(ａ．喻多次斗争考验；b．喻对诗文做多次精细修改)。
③见“秋”字“秋千”。
④姓氏。

Antonyms: 一

Total strokes: 3; Radical: 十

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Similar Characters: 干壬主

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千万HSK 4	qiān wàn	ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
千方百计HSK 6	qiān fāng bǎi jì	lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
成千上万	chéng qiān shàng wàn	lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
千家万户	qiān jiā wàn hù	every family (idiom)
千千万万HSK 4	qiān qiān wàn wàn	lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands

1		yī 一 tú shèng 图胜 qiān 千 yán 言。 A picture is worth a thousand words.
2		tā 他 měi tiān 每天 pǎo bù 跑步 wǔ qiān 五千 mǐ 米。 He runs five kilometers every day.
3		hǎo shì bù chū mén 好事不出门， è shì chuán qiān lǐ 恶事传千里。 Good news travels fast, but bad news travels faster.
4		zhè lǐ 这里 hǎi bá 海拔 jiē jìn 接近 qiān mǐ 千米 gāo 高。 The elevation here is close to one kilometer.
5		zhè ge 这个 dà xué 大学 yǒu 有 jǐ qiān 几千 míng 名 xué sheng 学生。 This university has several thousand students.

1		yī 一 tú shèng 图胜 qiān 千 yán 言。 A picture is worth a thousand words.
2		tā 他 měi tiān 每天 pǎo bù 跑步 wǔ qiān 五千 mǐ 米。 He runs five kilometers every day.
3		hǎo shì bù chū mén 好事不出门， è shì chuán qiān lǐ 恶事传千里。 Good news travels fast, but bad news travels faster.
4		zhè lǐ 这里 hǎi bá 海拔 jiē jìn 接近 qiān mǐ 千米 gāo 高。 The elevation here is close to one kilometer.
5		zhè ge 这个 dà xué 大学 yǒu 有 jǐ qiān 几千 míng 名 xué sheng 学生。 This university has several thousand students.