"千" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 千
千
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- 十 (2 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 3
- Structure
- superposition
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Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 千万 千萬 | ten million / countless / many / one must by all means | syn | |
| 千年 | millennium | ||
| 千里 | a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance | ||
| 千金 | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter | syn | |
| 千古 | for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) | syn | |
| 千克 | kilogram | ||
| 千米 | kilometer | ||
| 千秋 | a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) | ||
| 千兆 | giga- / (computer networking) gigabits per second / 1000Base-T | ||
| 千瓦 | kilowatt (unit of electric power) | syn | |
| 千叶 千葉 | Chiba (Japanese surname and place name) | ||
| 千亿 千億 | myriads / hundred billion | ||
| 千卡 | kilocalorie (Kcal) | ||
| 千吨 千噸 | kiloton | ||
| 千夫 | a lot of people (literary) | syn | |
| 千伏 | kilovolt | ||
| 千戈 | kilogray | ||
| 千赫 | kilohertz | ||
| 千焦 | kilojoule | ||
| 千帕 | kilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure) | ||
| 千位 | the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system | ||
| 千阳 千陽 | Qianyang County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi | ||
| 千周 | kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz | ||
| 千里马 千里馬 | lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed | syn | |
| 千瓦时 千瓦時 | kilowatt-hour | ||
| 千岛湖 千島湖 | Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 | ||
| 千斤顶 千斤頂 | jack (for lifting weight) | syn | |
| 千里眼 | clairvoyance | syn | |
| 千禧年 | the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000) | ||
| 千字文 | Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer | ||
| 千佛洞 | Buddhist grottos | ||
| 千金方 | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3] | ||
| 千年村 | Millennium Village | ||
| 千层面 千層麵 | lasagna | ||
| 千岛酱 千島醬 | thousand island dressing | ||
| 千分尺 | micrometer screw gauge / micrometer | ||
| 千赫兹 千赫茲 | kilohertz / kHz | ||
| 千年前 | a thousand years ago | ||
| 千屈菜 | purple loosestrife | ||
| 千山区 千山區 | Qianshan district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shan1 shi4], Liaoning | ||
| 千位元 | kilobit | ||
| 千阳县 千陽縣 | Qianyang County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bao3 ji1], Shaanxi | ||
| 千叶县 千葉縣 | Chiba prefecture, Japan | ||
| 千字节 千字節 | kilobyte | ||
| 千足虫 千足蟲 | millipede | ||
| 千方百计 千方百計 | lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) / by every possible means | syn | |
| 千变万化 千變萬化 | countless changes / constant permutation | syn | |
| 千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 | to suffer untold hardships (idiom) / trials and tribulations / with difficulty / after some effort | syn | |
| 千千万万 千千萬萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands | syn | |
| 千奇百怪 | fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 万千 萬千 | myriad / multitudinous / multifarious | syn | |
| 一千 | one thousand | ||
| 几千 幾千 | several thousand | ||
| 两千 兩千 | two thousand | ||
| 四千 | four thousand / 4 000 | ||
| 八千 | eight thousand / 8000 | ||
| 秋千 鞦韆 | swing (seat hung from a frame or branch) | ||
| 成千 | thousands | ||
| 老千 | swindler / cheat (in gambling) | ||
| 出千 | see 出老千[chu1 lao3 qian1] | ||
| 打千 | genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand | ||
| 荡秋千 盪鞦韆 | to swing (on a swing) | ||
| 出老千 | to cheat (in gambling) | ||
| 盪秋千 盪鞦千 | swing | ||
| 两千年 兩千年 | the year 2000 / 2000 years | ||
| 五千吨 五千噸 | 5000 tons | ||
| 一千吨 一千噸 | 1000 tons | ||
| 张大千 張大千 | Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century | ||
| 成千上万 成千上萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands | syn | |
| 大千世界 大韆世界 | great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) | syn | |
| 各有千秋 | each has its own merits (idiom) | syn | |
| 一落千丈 | lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive | syn | |
| 万水千山 萬水千山 | ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road | syn | |
| 万紫千红 萬紫千紅 | thousands of purples and reds (idiom) / a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades | syn | |
| 一掷千金 一擲千金 | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant | syn | |
| 一日千里 | lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom) / rapid progress | syn | |
| 不远千里 不遠千里 | make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance | syn | |
| 一诺千金 一諾千金 | a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom) / a promise that must be kept | syn | |
| 成千成万 成千成萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands | syn | |
| 百孔千疮 百孔千瘡 | heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems | syn |