成万

成萬
chéngwàn
phrase #37,832

Meanings

  1. 1 tens of thousands; in tens of thousands
  2. 2 by the thousands and ten-thousands (huge numbers)

Examples

Chéng qiān chéng wàn de yóukè yǒng xiàng hǎibiān.
Tens of thousands of tourists flocked to the seaside.
Guǎngchǎng shàng jùjí le chéngwàn de qúnzhòng.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the square.

Tips

usage
here means 'amounting to / on the order of', so 成万 = 'on the order of ten-thousand'. Almost always paired with 成千 in the set phrase 成千成万 / 成千上万 ('by the thousands and ten-thousands') for emphatic 'huge crowds, vast numbers'.

Stroke Order

chéng
wàn