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qiān

thousand

Usage note

数字“”表示一,用来计数。

shù zì ‘qiān’ biǎoshì yī qiān, lái yòng jì shǔ。

The number '千' means one thousand and is used for counting.

Context note

”常用于表示数量,如一本书、一元等。

‘qiān’ cháng yòng yú biǎoshì shùliàng, rú yī qiān běnshū、yī qiān yuán děng。

'千'常用于表示数量,如一千本书、一千元等.

5 examples

一共有两人参加活动。
yí gòng yǒu liǎng qiān rén shēn jiā huó dòng。
There are two thousand people attending the event.
这本书有三页。
zhè běn shū yǒu sān qiān yè。
This book has three thousand pages.
我攒了五块钱。
wǒ zǎn le wǔ qiān kuài qián。
I saved five thousand dollars.
他走了两多米。
tā zǒu le liǎng qiān duō mǐ。
He walked more than two thousand meters.
这个项目花费了一五百万。
zhè ge xiàng mù huā fèi le yì qiān wǔ bǎi wàn。
This project cost one hundred and fifty million dollars.

5 mini stories

小明有两本书,他想把这些书捐给图书馆。
xiǎo míng yǒu liǎng qiān běn shū, tā xiǎng bǎ zhè xiē shū juān gěi tú shū guǎn。
Xiaoming has two thousand books, he wants to donate these books to the library.
妈妈给了小红三元作为零花钱。
mā ma gěi le xiǎo hóng sān qiān yuán zuò wéi líng huā qián。
Mum gave Xiaohong three thousand yuan as pocket money.
爸爸每天工作一五百小时,他太辛苦了。
bà ba měi tiān gōng zuò yì qiān wǔ bǎi xiǎo shí, tā tài xīn kǔ le。
Dad works one thousand five hundred hours a day, he is too tired.
老师说这个故事有两多个字。
lǎo shī shuō zhè ge gù shì yǒu liǎng qiān duō gè zì。
The teacher said this story has more than two thousand characters.
小华攒了五块钱,准备买一台电脑。
xiǎo huá zǎn le wǔ qiān kuài qián, zhǔn bèi mǎi yì tái diàn nǎo。
Xiaohua saved five thousand dollars, planning to buy a computer.

Mini dialogue

数数

A
加上一是多少?
Yī qiān jiā shàng yī qiān shì duōshao?
What is one thousand plus one thousand?
B
是两
Shì liǎng qiān.
It's two thousand.

学校人数

A
你们学校有多少人?
Nǐmen xuéxiào yǒu duōshao rén?
How many people are in your school?
B
我们学校有一多人。
Wǒmen xuéxiào yǒu yī qiān duō rén.
Our school has over a thousand people.

Related words and contrasts

related
bǎi
hundred

ten hundreds make one thousand

related
wàn
ten thousand

ten thousands are the next big unit

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