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)
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- 一千 one thousand
- 老骥伏枥,志在千里(老驥伏櫪,志在千里) an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles
- 彪炳千古 to shine through the ages
- 留芳千古 a good reputation to last down the generations
- 五千文 Five Thousand Character Classic
- 千家万户(千家萬戶) every family
- 千钧一发(千鈞一髮) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread; imminent peril; a matter of life or death
- 千技万叶(千技萬葉) a myriad of branches and leaves
- 齿条千斤顶(齒條千斤頂) rack and pinion jack
- 成千上万(成千上萬) untold numbers; innumerable
- 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
- 千金一诺(千金一諾) a promise worth one thousand in gold; a promise that must be kept
- 百孔千疮(百孔千瘡) full of holes; riddled with problems
- 千年如昨 a thousand years past is like yesterday
- 千载难逢(千載難逢) extremely rare
- 千赫兹(千赫茲) kilohertz; kHz
- 决胜千里(決勝千里) to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away
- 两千年(兩千年) the year 2000; 2000 years
- 千岁(千歲) one thousand years ; your imperial highness
- 四千 four thousand
- 千岛酱(千島醬) thousand island dressing
- 千亿(千億) myriads; hundred billion
- 千里鹅毛(千里鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
- 万绪千端(萬緒千端) a plethora of things
- 成千成万(成千成萬) by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
- 千米 kilometer
- 千条万端(千條萬端) numerous
- 七千 seven thousand
- 千斤顶(千斤頂) jack (for lifting weight)
- 千万不要(千萬不要) we must never
- 千吨级核武器(千噸級核武器) kiloton weapon
- 千夫 a lot of people
- 千里送鹅毛(千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar; a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
- 千里眼 clairvoyance
- 千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重(千里送鵝毛,禮輕人意重) goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning
- 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
- 千锤百炼(千錘百煉) to be tried and tested; to be honed and polished ; after hard work and numerous revisions; the vicissitudes of life
- 千乘之国(千乘之國) a state with a thousand chariots
- 千言万语(千言萬語) thousands of words; having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop
- 千兵万马(千兵萬馬) a huge number of soldiers and horses
- 万紫千红(萬紫千紅) thousands of purples and reds; a blaze of color; a profusion of flourishing trades
- 千鸟渊国家公墓(千鳥淵國家公墓) Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo / also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- 千里迢迢 from distant parts
- 出老千 to cheat (in gambling)
- 万水千山(萬水千山) thousands of rivers and mountains; the trials of a difficult journey
- 几千(幾千) several thousand
- 千岁一时(千歲一時) a one-in-a-thousand-year opportunity
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- 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