二千

èrqiān
number #31,906

Meanings

  1. 1 two thousand (2000)

Examples

Zhè běn shū yào èrqiān kuài qián.
This book costs two thousand yuan.
Gōngsī yǒu èrqiān duō míng yuángōng.
The company has more than two thousand employees.

Tips

usage
二千 and 两千 (liǎngqiān) both mean 'two thousand'. 两千 is the standard form in modern speech; 二千 is more often seen in writing, formal contexts, and precise figures (lists, accounting). The general rule: before measure words and large units (//亿), in ordinal/written contexts.

Stroke Order

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