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
- 千难万难(千難萬難) extremely difficult
- 五千 five thousand
- 千岁(千歲) one thousand years ; your imperial highness
- 成千上万(成千上萬) untold numbers; innumerable
- 千古 a thousand ages; a remote time; throughout all ages ; for all eternity
- 千金一诺(千金一諾) a promise worth one thousand in gold; a promise that must be kept
- 树高千丈,叶落归根(樹高千丈,葉落歸根) a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots; everything has its ancestral home
- 千娇百媚(千嬌百媚) beautiful face and physique
- 七千 seven thousand
- 一失足成千古恨 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow
- 千差万别(千差萬別) manifold diversity
- 千禧年 millennium
- 千里达及托巴哥(千里達及托巴哥) Trinidad and Tobago
- 差之毫厘,失之千里(差之毫釐,失之千里) the slightest difference leads to a great loss
- 负笈千里(負笈千里) to carry a case of books a thousand li; to go to great lengths in search of learning
- 一时千载(一時千載) opportunities arise in rare moments of time
- 千载一合(千載一合) a one in a thousand years occurrence
- 千里馈粮,士有饥色(千里饋糧,士有飢色) provisions from a thousand li away cannot feed starving soldiers
- 千秋万代(千秋萬代) throughout the ages
- 千里寄鹅毛(千里寄鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 千真万确(千真萬確) absolutely true; true from many points of view
- 千方百计(千方百計) by every possible means
- 千瓦 kilowatt
- 千赫兹(千赫茲) kilohertz; kHz
- 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
- 酒逢知己千杯少 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet
- 千里送鹅毛(千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 千金难买(千金難買) can't be bought for one thousand in gold
- 二千石 two thousand dan
- 老千 cheat; swindler (in gambling)
- 液压千斤顶(液壓千斤頂) hydraulic jack
- 不远千里(不遠千里) make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
- 千里之堤,溃于蚁穴(千里之堤,潰於蟻穴) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike
- 千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席(千里搭長棚,沒有不散的宴席) even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end
- 千卡 kilocalorie (Kcal)
- 几千(幾千) several thousand
- 千里马常有,而伯乐不常有(千里馬常有,而伯樂不常有) there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them
- 千里马(千里馬) a ten thousand li horse; fine steed ; a talented person
- 一掷千金(一擲千金) stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw; to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
- 千里之行,始于足下(千里之行,始於足下) a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
- 成千累万(成千累萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
- 千钧一发(千鈞一髮) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death
- 千姿百态(千姿百態) fantastic oddities of every description
- 千方万计(千方萬計) by all means possible
- 千万亿(千萬億) a trillion
Also contained in
千佛崖 、 千岛群岛 、 千金要方 、 一壶千金 、 克孜尔千佛洞 、 张大千
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
- 马千 (馬千) 使女有馬千乘乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — 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