几千

幾千
jǐqiān
number #5,405

Meanings

  1. 1 several thousand
  2. 2 a few thousand

Examples

Zhèlǐ yǒu jǐqiān nián de lìshǐ.
This place has several thousand years of history.
Tā měi gè yuè zhuàn jǐqiān kuài.
He earns a few thousand yuan each month.

Tips

grammar
(jǐ) before a number word means 'several/a few': 几百 (a few hundred), 几千 (a few thousand), 几万 (tens of thousands). It indicates an approximate but not tiny quantity.

Stroke Order

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