一千五

yìqiānwǔ

number #33,872

Meanings

1 one thousand five hundred (1,500)
2 fifteen hundred

Characters

five (here = five hundred)

Examples

HSK 1

这件衣服一千五。

Zhè jiàn yīfu yìqiānwǔ.

This piece of clothing costs 1,500.

HSK 3

他借了我一千五。

Tā jiè le wǒ yìqiānwǔ.

He borrowed 1,500 from me.

HSK 4

我每个月房租一千五百块。

Wǒ měi gè yuè fángzū yìqiān wǔbǎi kuài.

My monthly rent is 1,500 yuan.

Tips

grammar

Colloquial shorthand for 一千五百 (1,500). Chinese commonly drops the trailing 百 in spoken numbers when context is clear: 一千五 = 1,500, not 1,005. To say 'one thousand and five' you would need 一千零五.

Stroke Order

一 yī

千 qiān

五 wǔ