qiān

thousand

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  • 千克qiānkèkilogramB4
  • 千万qiānwànten millionB4
  • 成千上万chéngqiān-shàngwàn(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousaB6
  • 千家万户qiānjiā-wànhùevery family (idiom)B6
  • 千变万化qiānbiàn-wànhuàcountless changesB7
  • 千方百计qiānfāng-bǎijìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiomB7
  • 千军万马qiānjūn-wànmǎmagnificent army with thousands of men andB7

See it in sentences

这个手机三千块。

This phone is three thousand yuan.

一千块太贵了。

One thousand yuan is too expensive.