成万

成萬
chéngwàn
phrase #37,832

Meanings

  1. 1 tens of thousands; in tens of thousands
  2. 2 by the thousands and ten-thousands (huge numbers)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Chéngqiān chéngwàn de yóukè yǒng xiàng hǎibiān.
Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to the seaside.
HSK 7-9
Guǎngchǎng shàng jùjí le chéngwàn de qúnzhòng.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the square.

Tips

usage
here means 'amounting to / on the order of', so 成万 = 'on the order of ten-thousand'. Almost always paired with 成千 in the set phrase 成千成万 / 成千上万 ('by the thousands and ten-thousands') for emphatic 'huge crowds, vast numbers'.

Stroke Order

chéng
wàn