千 qiān

1. 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')
2. 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').
3. qiān adverb very
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '千')
4. qiān noun a cheat; swindler
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Cantonese (Unihan '千')
5. qiān proper noun Qian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '千' n 2)

Contained in

• 千碱基对(千鹼基對) kilobase pair
• 千金小姐 a young lady with a thousand pieces of gold
• 千万年(千萬年) countless eons
• 转战千里(轉戰千里) fighting everywhere over a thousand miles; constant fighting across the country
• 千帕 kilopascal (kPa)
• 万水千山只等闲(萬水千山只等閒) thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight
• 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
• 千瓦 kilowatt
• 千里眼 clairvoyance
• 千千万万(千千萬萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• 千位 the thousands place
• 成千累万(成千累萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
• 千仞 a thousand ren; very deep or very high
• 一落千丈 to drop a thousand zhang in one fall; (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline; to take a dive
• 千军万马(千軍萬馬) a huge number of soldiers and horses
• 千层面(千層麵) lasagna
• 千金难买(千金難買) can't be bought for one thousand in gold
• 百计千方(百計千方) to exhaust every means to achieve sth
• 千差万别(千差萬別) manifold diversity
• 千赫兹(千赫茲) kilohertz; kHz
• 千里寄鹅毛(千里寄鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• 横眉冷对千夫指(橫眉冷對千夫指) to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun); to treat with disdain
• 敝帚千金 my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold; sentimental value
• 千里送鹅毛(千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• 千钧(千鈞) a thousand catties; very heavy
• 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛(禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning
• 千依百顺(千依百順) totally submissive
• 千头万绪(千頭萬緒) plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
• 液压千斤顶(液壓千斤頂) hydraulic jack
• 千变万轸(千變萬軫) constantly changing
• 一言千金 one word worth a thousand in gold; valuable advice; words of enormous weight
• 千秋万代(千秋萬代) throughout the ages
• 万儿八千(萬兒八千) ten thousand or almost ten thousand
• 千篇一律 a thousand essays, one pattern; no change at all
• 千载一会(千載一會) a one in a thousand years occurrence
• 千经万卷(千經萬卷) a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; the vast Buddhist canon
• 失之毫厘，差之千里(失之毫釐，差之千里) a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake; a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses
• 远隔千里(遠隔千里) thousands of miles away; far away
• 千难万难(千難萬難) extremely difficult
• 千绪万端(千緒萬端) a plethora of things
• 螺旋千斤顶(螺旋千斤頂) screw jack
• 老千 cheat; swindler (in gambling)
• 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
• 千百年 over a thousand years

Also contained in

千山区 、 千字文 、 千夫长 、 千岛湖 、 千总 、 千佛洞 、 千秋节

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
• 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
• 千百 (千百) 破車以千百數 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 4
• 千五百 (千五百) 萬有二千五百人為軍 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 4