千 (cin1 | qian1) : a thousand; many

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千

cin1

qian1

[1] thousand [2] many; numerous; very [3] a Chinese family name [4] [Cantonese] [high clipped tone] [n] card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle

alternate and formal form used on checks, in accounting and banking: 仟

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Stroke count: 3

Level: 1

Radical: 十 (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

千

Don't confuse with:
干于

This word has been viewed 14588 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Jul 2009 05:56

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一千 jat1 cin1 yi1 qian1 = one thousand

千萬 cin1 maan6 qian1 wan4 = ten million; myriad; a large amount

千金 cin1 gam1 = daughter / something precious

千米 cin1 mai5 qian1 mi3 = kilometre, 1000m

出千 ceot1 cin1 chu1 qian1 = to cheat; cheating (in Poker, Blackjack, Mahjong, etc.) 粵

幾千 gei2 cin1 ji3 qian1 = several thousand

兩千年 loeng5 cin1 nin4 liang3 qian1 nian2 = the year 2000; 2000 years

八千 baat3 cin1 ba1 qian1 = eight thousand; 8000

四千 sei3 cin1 si4 qian1 = four thousand; 4,000

一字千金 jat1 zi6 cin1 gam1 yi1 zi4 qian1 jin1 = one word is worth a thousand taels of gold
See all 96 compounds (CantoDict reports 112 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 7 examples containing 千

你千祈唔好插手粵
You must not, by any means, interfere.
[Lit. you 1000-exhortations don't insert-hand [i.e. put it where it doesn't belong.]]

千祈唔好講大話。粵
Don't ever tell lies.

漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

我捉到你出千！粵
I caught your cheating!

要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 千
Unicode code for this character: U+5343 (off-site link)

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