千 qiān▶ seribu

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nol
• 一satu
• 二dua
• 三tiga
• 四empat
• 五lima
• 六enam
• 七tujuh
• 八delapan
• 九sembilan
• 十sepuluh
• 百seratus
• 万sepuluh ribu
• 亿Miliar
• 两dua
• 半setengah
• 几beberapa, berapa banyak
• 多少berapa banyak
• 数字nomor
• 号nomor/tanggal

千 is pronounced qiān and means “seribu”. 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.