wàn

surname Wan

numeral HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 萬

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  • 千万qiānwànten millionB4
  • 万一wànyījust in caseB5
  • 成千上万chéngqiān-shàngwàn(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousaB6
  • 千家万户qiānjiā-wànhùevery family (idiom)B6
  • 万物wànwùall thingsB6
  • 包罗万象bāoluó-wànxiàngall-embracingB7
  • 鹏程万里péngchéng-wànlǐthe fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (iB7

See it in sentences

那个电脑要一万块。

That computer costs ten thousand yuan.

学校有几万人。

There are tens of thousands of people at the school.