千 qiān▶ mil

Stroke order

千 is written in 3 strokes.

• 千

Example sentences

• 那儿有一千个人。Nàr yǒu yī qiān gèrén.There are one thousand people there.
• 我想买一千本书。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yī qiān běn shū.I want to buy one thousand books.
• 他有一千块钱吗？Tā yǒu yì qiān kuài qián ma?Does he have one thousand yuan?
• 我想买一千个苹果。Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yì qiān gè píngguǒ.I want to buy one thousand apples.

Related words

• 零cero
• 一uno
• 二dos
• 三tres
• 四cuatro
• 五cinco
• 六seis
• 七siete
• 八ocho
• 九nueve
• 十diez
• 百cien
• 万diez mil
• 亿Mil millones
• 两dos
• 半mitad
• 几unos pocos; cuántos
• 多少cuántos, cuánto
• 数字número
• 号número/fecha

千 is pronounced qiān and means “mil”. HSK 2 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 千 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.