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qiān
1. thousand
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 3 strokes

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Example Sentences (6)

这个笔记本电脑我去年买的时候要五千块左右,现在便宜多了。
Zhège bǐjìběn diànnǎo wǒ qùnián mǎi de shíhou yào wǔ qiān kuài zuǒyòu, xiànzài piányi duō le.
When I bought this laptop last year, it cost around five thousand yuan. It's much cheaper now.
Text 4
今天买的东西太多了。再说,这个月家里已经花了五千多了。
Jīntiān mǎi de dōngxi tài duō le. Zàishuō, zhège yuè jiālǐ yǐjīng huā le wǔ qiān duō le.
I bought too many things today. Besides, our family has already spent more than five thousand this month.
Text 2
另外,马经理让我告诉大家一个好消息,因为大家按时完成了工作,公司决定这个月给每人多发三千元奖金。
Lìngwài, mǎ jīnglǐ ràng wǒ gàosu dàjiā yí gè hǎo xiāoxi, yīnwèi dàjiā ànshí wánchéng le gōngzuò, gōngsī juédìng zhège yuè gěi měi rén duō fā sān qiān yuán jiǎngjīn.
Also, Manager Ma asked me to tell everyone some good news: because everyone finished the work on time, the company has decided to give each person an extra 3,000 yuan bonus this month.
Text 4
您看这个沙发怎么样?现在正在打折,比平时便宜了一千块。
Nín kàn zhège shāfā zěnme yàng? Xiànzài zhèngzài dǎzhé, bǐ píngshí piányi le yì qiān kuài.
What do you think of this sofa? It's on sale now, 1,000 yuan cheaper than usual.
Text 1
三千多块。
Sān qiān duō kuài.
Over three thousand yuan.
Text 1
没错。上个星期光买沙发就花了两千多。
Mei cuo. Shang ge xingqi guang mai shafa jiu hua le liang qian duo.
That's right. Last week, just the sofa cost over two thousand.
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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
598
Word Frequency Rank
949 of 84,292