一万五千

一萬五千

yīwànwǔqiān

number #18,725

Meanings

1 fifteen thousand
2 15,000

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

公司有一万五千名员工。

Gōngsī yǒu yīwànwǔqiān míng yuángōng.

The company has 15,000 employees.

HSK 7-9

这座山海拔一万五千英尺。

Zhè zuò shān hǎibá yīwànwǔqiān yīngchǐ.

This mountain is 15,000 feet above sea level.

Tips

grammar

Chinese uses 万 (ten-thousand) as a counting unit. So 15,000 is 一万五千 (one ten-thousand five thousand), not fifteen-thousand.

Stroke Order

一 yī

万 wàn

五 wǔ

千 qiān