三千

sānqiān
number #8,771

Meanings

  1. 1 three thousand
  2. 2 (figuratively) a great many

Examples

HSK 2
Sānqiān duō míng xuéshēng cānjiā le kǎoshì.
More than three thousand students took the exam.
HSK 7-9
Zhè dòng fángzi yào sānqiān wàn.
This house costs thirty million.
HSK 7-9
Báifà sānqiān zhàng.
White hair three thousand zhang long. (Li Bai poem, expressing deep sorrow)

Tips

culture
三千 often appears in classical Chinese as a literary exaggeration meaning 'countless': 弱水三千 (ruòshuǐ sānqiān) = 'three thousand li of weak water,' meaning many choices but I choose only one.

Stroke Order

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