一万两千

一萬兩千
yīwànliǎngqiān
number #34,274

Meanings

  1. 1 twelve thousand (12,000)

Examples

Zhè tái diànnǎo yào yīwàn liǎngqiān kuài.
This computer costs twelve thousand yuan.
Gōngsī yǒu yīwàn liǎngqiān míng yuángōng.
The company has twelve thousand employees.

Tips

grammar
When the digit '2' precedes a measure or large unit like (thousand), (ten thousand), 亿 (hundred million), Chinese uses (liǎng) instead of (èr). So 12,000 is 一万两千, not 一万二 (though 一万二 is also acceptable as a colloquial short form).

Stroke Order

wàn
liǎng
qiān