一千万

一千萬

yìqiānwàn

number #8,783

Meanings

1 ten million (10,000,000)

Characters

One + thousand + ten-thousands = 1,000 × 10,000 = ten million.

Examples

HSK 5

这座城市有一千万人口。

Zhè zuò chéngshì yǒu yìqiānwàn rénkǒu.

This city has a population of ten million.

HSK 6

他中了一千万的彩票。

Tā zhòng le yìqiānwàn de cǎipiào.

He won ten million in the lottery.

HSK 6

公司投资了一千万元。

Gōngsī tóuzī le yìqiānwàn yuán.

The company invested ten million yuan.

Tips

mistakes

Chinese counts large numbers in units of 万 (10,000), not 1,000. So 'ten million' is 一千万 (one thousand ten-thousands), not *一千千. This 万-based system trips up English speakers who think in millions.

Stroke Order

一 yī

千 qiān

万 wàn