千 qiān
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qiān
number
one thousand
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '千' 1, p. 359; 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' (CEDCI '千方百計'; Kroll 2015 '千' 1a, p. 359; 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')
Contained in
- 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
- 千里寄鹅毛(千里寄鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 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
- 千万亿(千萬億) a trillion
- 万水千山只等闲(萬水千山只等閒) thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight
- 千秋 a thousand years ; your birthday ; to die
- 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
- 万儿八千(萬兒八千) ten thousand or almost ten thousand
- 千钧一发(千鈞一髮) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death
- 千里鹅毛(千里鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
- 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
- 成千成万(成千成萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
- 液压千斤顶(液壓千斤頂) hydraulic jack
- 千军万马(千軍萬馬) a mighty force
- 壁立千仞 towering a thousand ren [fathoms] high
- 千般 all kinds; every sort
- 几千(幾千) several thousand
- 千思万想(千思萬想) with much thought
- 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.
- 千古罪人 somebody condemned by history
- 一字千金 one word worth a thousand in gold; (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect; each word is highly valued
- 九千 nine thousand
- 万水千山(萬水千山) thousands of rivers and mountains; the trials of a difficult journey
- 千里迢迢 from distant parts
- 千里马(千里馬) a ten thousand li horse; fine steed
- 千金小姐 a young lady with a thousand pieces of gold
- 千头万绪(千頭萬緒) plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
- 家累千金，坐不垂堂 a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves; a rich man does not expose himself to danger
- 千位 the thousands place
- 百卉千葩 myriad plants and flowers; rich and colorful
- 千里送鹅毛(千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 千夫 a lot of people
- 万代千秋(萬代千秋) after innumerable ages
- 两千年(兩千年) the year 2000; 2000 years
- 万千(萬千) myriad; multitudinous; multifarious
- 千钧(千鈞) a thousand catties; very heavy
- 千叮万嘱(千叮萬囑) repeatedly urging; imploring over and over again
- 千依百顺(千依百順) totally submissive
- 成百上千 many; by the hundreds and thousands
- 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
- 四千 four thousand
- 千万(千萬) ten million ; countless; many ; absolutely [do not]
- 千周 kilocycle
- 千家万户(千家萬戶) every family
Also contained in
千佛洞 、 库木吐喇千佛洞 、 千岛湖 、 千山区 、 西千佛洞 、 千字文 、 千金要方
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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: 129
- 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 115
Collocations
- 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: 44
- 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: 42
- 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: 34
- 千岁 (千歲) 萬有千歲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 20
- 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: 10
- 千钟 (千鐘) 授祿千鍾 — Guanzi 管子, 小問第五十一 Chapter 51: Minor Questions — count: 10
- 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: 9
- 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
- 金千 (金千) 吾有伏金千斤 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 4
- 数千 (數千) 從數千 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 4