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千 - qiān

thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler

thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler

How to read 千

Click 千 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinqiān
Englishthousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

千伏 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 千位. Please read 千亿 one more time.

Common words with this character

kilovolt
the thousands place in the decimal system
myriads; hundred billion
giga-; gigabits per second; 1000Base-T

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 千 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 千伏 and 千位 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 千.