千 qiān
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qiān
number
one thousand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '千'; Guoyu '千' n 1; Kroll 2015 '千' 1, p. 359; Mathews 1931 '千', p. 124; NCCED '千' 1; Unihan '千') -
qiān
adjective
many; numerous; countless
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 千方百計 'by every possible means' (CC-CEDICT '千'; CEDCI '千方百計'; Guoyu '千' adj; Kroll 2015 '千' 1a, p. 359; Mathews 1931 '千', p. 124; NCCED '千' 2; Unihan '千'). -
qiān
adverb
very
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '千') -
qiān
noun
a cheat; swindler
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Cantonese (Unihan '千') -
qiān
proper noun
Qian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '千' n 2)
Contained in
- 千万亿(千萬億) a trillion
- 平方千米 square kilometer
- 千里迢迢 from distant parts
- 千丝万缕(千絲萬縷) linked in countless ways
- 千生万死(千生萬死) a thousand lives and ten thousand deaths; very dangerous
- 成百上千 many; by the hundreds and thousands
- 一失足成千古恨 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow
- 千里镜(千里鏡) telescope
- 千吨(千噸) kiloton
- 千方万计(千方萬計) by all means possible
- 千里达及托巴哥(千里達及托巴哥) Trinidad and Tobago
- 千儿八百(千兒八百) one thousand or almost one thousand
- 千千万万(千千萬萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
- 失之毫厘，谬以千里(失之毫厘，謬以千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
- 百计千方(百計千方) to exhaust every means to achieve sth
- 千疮百孔(千瘡百孔) full of holes; riddled with problems
- 远隔千里(遠隔千里) thousands of miles away; far away
- 转战千里(轉戰千里) fighting everywhere over a thousand miles; constant fighting across the country
- 万儿八千(萬兒八千) ten thousand or almost ten thousand
- 千钧(千鈞) a thousand catties; very heavy
- 千军易得，一将难求(千軍易得，一將難求) Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general.
- 千里达和多巴哥(千里達和多巴哥) Trinidad and Tobago
- 万代千秋(萬代千秋) after innumerable ages
- 千载一时(千載一時) opportunities arise in rare moments of time ; a one in a thousand years occurrence
- 智者千虑，必有一失(智者千慮，必有一失) a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake; nobody is infallible
- 千吨级核武器(千噸級核武器) kiloton weapon
- 千周 kilocycle
- 千技万叶(千技萬葉) a myriad of branches and leaves
- 千岁一时(千歲一時) a one-in-a-thousand-year opportunity
- 百姿千态(百姿千態) in different poses and with different expressions; in thousands of postures
- 千赫 kilohertz
- 万千(萬千) myriad; multitudinous; multifarious
- 万水千山只等闲(萬水千山只等閒) thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight
- 千乘之国(千乘之國) a state with a thousand chariots
- 千叮万嘱(千叮萬囑) repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again
- 在家千日好，出门一时难(在家千日好，出門一時難) at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging
- 千斤顶(千斤頂) jack (for lifting weight)
- 千里鹅毛(千里鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
- 千刀万剐(千刀萬剮) to make mincemeat of somebody; to hack somebody to pieces
- 千挑万选(千挑萬選) to select very carefully
- 千山万水(千山萬水) a large distance of land and sea
- 成千成万(成千成萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
- 千里之外 thousand miles distant
- 千端万绪(千端萬緒) a plethora of things
- 数以千计(數以千計) thousands of
- 四千 four thousand
Also contained in
千叶县 、 千字节 、 千佛崖 、 千岛湖 、 克孜尔千佛洞
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 484
- 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 359
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 232
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 228
- 卷八十六 志第三十六: 百官二 Volume 86 Treatises 39: Official Posts 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 185
- 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 170
- 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 158
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 152
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 128
- 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 115
Collocations
- 千乘 (千乘) 公車千乘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 51
- 千人 (千人) 甲士三千人以戍曹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 49
- 三千 (三千) 騋牝三千 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧定之方中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Ding Zhi Fang Zhong — count: 35
- 二千 (二千) 然則二萬二千六百有六旬也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 12
- 车千 (車千) 皆請以車千乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
- 千钟 (千鐘) 授祿千鍾 — Guanzi 管子, 小問第五十一 Chapter 51: Minor Questions — count: 10
- 千室 (千室) 晉侯賞桓子狄臣千室 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
- 千世 (千世) 紂千世而一出 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難勢第四十 Chapter 40: Difficulties with a Position of Power — count: 6
- 数千 (數千) 從數千 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 4
- 卒千 (卒千) 卒千人 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君大匡第十八 Chapter 18: Correcting a Ruler from Making a Grave Error — count: 4