Meaning
thousand; a swing
Chinese: 数字一千，也表示很多。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qian” becomes a different word in each tone. 千 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 千克qiān kèkilogram
- 千万qiān wànten million; countless; many; one must by all means
- 成千上万chéng qiān shàng wànlit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless
- 千方百计qiān fāng bǎi jìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 千家万户qiān jiā wàn hùevery family (idiom)
More Words
Example Sentence
这座桥长一千多米。Zhè zuò qiáo cháng yì qiān duō mǐ.This bridge is over a thousand meters long.
这Zhèthis座zuòseat桥qiáobridge长chánglong一yìone千qiānthousand多duōmany米mǐuncooked rice。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A slanted stroke (originally 人, ‘person’) placed over 十 (‘ten’). It is phono-semantic and means ‘thousand’.
A way to remember it
A leaning stroke over ‘ten’ — ten grown into a thousand.