一万五千 (yīwànwǔqiān): fifteen thousand

Meanings

1 fifteen thousand
2 15,000

Characters

一

Examples

这座山海拔一万五千英尺。

Zhè zuò shān hǎibá yīwànwǔqiān yīngchǐ.

This mountain is 15,000 feet above sea level.

公司有一万五千名员工。

Gōngsī yǒu yīwànwǔqiān míng yuángōng.

The company has 15,000 employees.

Tips

grammar

Chinese uses 万 (ten-thousand) as a counting unit. So 15,000 is 一万五千 (one ten-thousand five thousand), not fifteen-thousand.

Stroke Order

一 yī

万 wàn

五 wǔ

千 qiān

Related Words

一千五百万 yīqiānwǔbǎiwàn #27,724

fifteen million

一万五 yīwànwǔ #22,518

fifteen thousand / 15,000

一千万 yīqiānwàn #8,783

ten million (10,000,000)

一百五十万 yībǎiwǔshíwàn #24,692

one million five hundred thousand / 1,500,000

两万五千 liǎngwànwǔqiān #29,889

twenty-five thousand / 25,000

一千 yīqiān #3,618

one thousand / a thousand

一万 yīwàn #4,092

ten thousand / 10,000

一百万 yībǎiwàn #3,569

one million

五千 wǔqiān #8,113

five thousand (5,000)

五万 wǔwàn #8,736

fifty thousand; 50,000