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Information of 千

Pinyin qiān

Radical

十

Strokes

3 strokes

Usage

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Definition

thousand, a swing

千 [qiān] 1. Number; ten hundred (commonly represented in capital form “仟” on banknotes and receipts). 1. 数目，十个一百（在钞票和单据上常用大写“仟”代）。 2. Metaphor for a large quantity. 2. 喻极多。 3. Refer to the character “秋” in “秋千” (a type of swing). 3. 见“秋”字“秋千”。 4. A surname. 4. 姓。 5. Basic meaning: Quantity; ten hundred equals a thousand. 1. 【本义】:数目。十百为千。 6. Construction method: Phono-semantic compound. Combination of “十” (ten) and a phonetic element representing sound. 2. 【造字法】:形声。从十，人声。 7. Used in phrases such as: - 千夫 (one thousand adult males) - 千门 (a thousand households) - 千社 (twenty-five families make one "社", so thousand "社" equals twenty-five thousand families) - 千祀 (a thousand years, a thousand generations) - 千乘 (one thousand chariots of soldiers) - 千载 (a thousand years) 8. Metaphor for a very large number; many. 1. 比喻数甚大;许许多多 ([En.] many). 9. Examples of usage include: - 千千 (many, numerous) - 千般 (many varieties) - 千寻 (extremely high) - 千钟 (abundant salary, representing wealth) - 千劫 (a very long time) - 千刀百样 (all sorts of varieties) - 成千上万 (thousands and thousands) - 千山 (numerous mountains) - 千帆 (many sails) - 千品 (many items) - 千骑 (many horses and riders) - 千丁 (many people) 10. Alternative indication of a small path between fields, synonymous with “阡.” 通“阡”。田间小路 (【英】：foot path between fields). 11. Historical texts reference the term “千” in various contexts, highlighting its meaning of quantity and abundance. 1. 《管子·四时》：四政曰端险阻修封疆，正千伯。 2. 《汉书·食货志上》：坏井田，开千伯。

千叮咛万嘱咐 qiān dīng níng wàn zhǔ fù

exhort sb. repeatedly / give advice repeatedly / warn again and again

千叮万嘱 qiān dīng wàn zhǔ

repeatedly urging / imploring over and over again

千吨级 qiān dūn jí

Kiloton

千吨 qiān dūn

kiloton

千万吨 qiān wàn dūn

Ten million tons

千呼万唤 qiān hū wàn huàn

invite sb. time and again / called a great many times / call again and again / urge repeatedly

千山万壑 qiān shān wàn hè

innumerable mountains and valleys

千里姻缘一线牵 qiān lǐ yīn yuán yī xiàn qiān

a fate match across a thousand miles is drawn by a thread

千姿百态 qiān zī bǎi tài

in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom)

千娇百媚 qiān jiāo bǎi mèi

be exquisitely dainty and ravishingly beautiful / a thousand charms / beautiful and charming

千疮百孔 qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng

see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]

千卡 qiān kǎ

kilocalorie (Kcal)

千匹 qiān pǐ

Thousand horses

千米 qiān mǐ

kilometer

千里 qiān lǐ

a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance

千公顷 qiān gōng qǐng

Thousand hectares

千年 qiān nián

millennium

千步 qiān bù

Thousand steps

成千上万 chéng qiān shàng wàn

lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands

千尺 qiān chǐ

Thousand feet

三千 sān qiān

Three thousand

千古 qiān gǔ

for all eternity / throughout all ages

数千 shù qiān

thousands / thousands of

千张 qiān zhāng

a kind of dried pieces of bean curd

千户 qiān hù

Thousand households

一千 yī qiān

thousand / kilo

五千 wǔ qiān

Five thousand

千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

几千年 jǐ qiān nián

thousands of years

感慨万千 gǎn kǎi wàn qiān

be filled with a thousand regrets / All sorts of feelings well up in one's mind. / be filled with regrets