Usage note
万表示数字10000。
wàn biǎo shì shù zì 1 0 0 0 0。
万 means the number 10,000.
Context note
万常出现在数字、钱和大数量里。
wàn cháng chū xiàn zài shù zì 、 qián hé dà shù liàng lǐ。
万 often appears in numbers, money, and large quantities.
5 examples
一万很大。
yí wàn hěn dà。
Ten thousand is very large.
这里有三万个人。
zhè lǐ yǒu sān wàn gè rén。
There are thirty thousand people here.
那本书卖一万块。
nà běn shū mài yí wàn kuài。
That book sells for ten thousand yuan.
我数到一万。
wǒ shù dào yí wàn。
I counted to ten thousand.
这个城市有很多万盏灯。
zhè ge chéng shì yǒu hěn duō wàn zhǎn dēng。
This city has many ten-thousands of lights.
5 mini stories
老师说一万不是很小的数字。我们都认真听。
lǎo shī shuō yí wàn bú shì hěn xiǎo de shù zì。 wǒ men dōu rèn zhēn tīng。
The teacher said ten thousand is not a small number. We listened carefully.
商店里有很多商品，价格从几块到几万都有。
shāng diàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō shāng pǐn， jià gé cóng jǐ kuài dào jǐ wàn dōu yǒu。
The store has many products, with prices from a few yuan to tens of thousands.
我看到一个很大的数字，上面有一个万字。
wǒ kàn dào yí gè hěn dà de shù zì， shàng miàn yǒu yí gè wàn zì。
I saw a very large number with the character 万 in it.
爷爷说一万步是很长的路。
yé ye shuō yí wàn bù shì hěn cháng de lù。
Grandpa said ten thousand steps is a long walk.
我们学会了万这个字以后，就能读更多数字。
wǒ men xué huì le wàn zhè ge zì yǐ hòu， jiù néng dú gèng duō shù zì。
After learning the character 万, we can read more numbers.
Mini dialogue
数到一万
A
你能数到一万吗？
Nǐ néng shǔ dào yī wàn ma?
Can you count to ten thousand?
B
能，但是要很久。
Néng, dànshì yào hěn jiǔ.
Yes, but it will take a long time.
万里长城
A
万里长城有多长？
Wànlǐ Chángchéng yǒu duō cháng?
How long is the Great Wall?
B
老师说超过一万里。
Lǎoshī shuō chāoguò yī wàn lǐ.
The teacher said it's over ten thousand li.
Related words and contrasts
related
千
qiān
thousand
万 is ten thousand, 千 is one thousand. They are both large number units.
related
亿
yì
hundred million
万 is ten thousand, 亿 is a much larger unit.