一千万

一千萬

yīqiānwàn

number #8,783

Meanings

1 ten million (10,000,000)

Characters

One + thousand + ten-thousands = 1,000 × 10,000 = ten million.

Examples

这座城市有一千万人口。

Zhè zuò chéngshì yǒu yīqiānwàn rénkǒu.

This city has a population of ten million.

他中了一千万的彩票。

Tā zhòng le yīqiānwàn de cǎipiào.

He won ten million in the lottery.

公司投资了一千万元。

Gōngsī tóuzī le yīqiānwàn yuán.

The company invested ten million yuan.

Tips

mistakes

Chinese counts large numbers in units of 万 (10,000), not 1,000. So 'ten million' is 一千万 (one thousand ten-thousands), not *一千千. This 万-based system trips up English speakers who think in millions.

Stroke Order

一 yī

千 qiān

万 wàn