十千
Chinese
ten | thousand | ||
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simp. and trad. (十千) | 十 | 千 |
Etymology
Calque of English ten thousand.
Pronunciation
Numeral
十千
- (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) ten thousand
- 十千八千拿去用 免還嘛無問題 [Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 2001, 黃一飛 (Huang Yi-Fei), 一百萬
- cha̍p-chheng poeh-chheng the̍h khì ēng, bián hoân mā bô-būn-tôe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Ten thousand or eight thousand bucks, take and use it, it's even okay to not pay it back
十千八千拿去用 免还嘛无问题 [Hokkien, simp.]
- (literary) numerous; very many
- 亦服爾耕,十千維耦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yì fú ěr gēng, shíqiān wéi ǒu. [Pinyin]
- Attend to your ploughing,
With your ten thousand men all in pairs.
亦服尔耕,十千维耦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 新豐美酒斗十千,咸陽遊俠多少年。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 8th century, Wang Wei (王維), 少年行四首‧其一
- Xīnfēng měijiǔ dǒu shíqiān, Xiányáng yóuxiá duō shàonián. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
新丰美酒斗十千,咸阳游侠多少年。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 萬/万 (wàn)
See also
Chinese numbers | ||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 108 | 1012 | |
Normal (小寫/小写) | 〇, 零 | 一 | 二 | 三 | 四 | 五 | 六 | 七 | 八 | 九 | 十 | 百 | 千 | 萬/万 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) | 億/亿 | 兆 (Taiwan) 萬億/万亿 (Mainland China) |
Financial (大寫/大写) | 零 | 壹 | 貳/贰 | 參/叁 | 肆 | 伍 | 陸/陆 | 柒 | 捌 | 玖 | 拾 | 佰 | 仟 |