千
韆Meanings
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- 1.used in 秋千[qiū qiān]
- 1.thousand
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Wiktionary
- 1.thousand
- 2.many; numerous
- 3.to swindle; to defraud
- 4.fortuitous; coincidental; opportune
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sn̥ʰiːn): semantic 一 (“one, signifying a number”) + phonetic 人 (OC *njin). The Old Chinese pronunciations of 千 (OC *sn̥ʰiːn) and 人 (OC *njin) were similar. For the component 人, compare its combining form 亻. The traditional explanation holds that the extra line indicates an extension (see the etymologies of 年 and 延). 千 has the meaning one thousand because one thousand is a number that is reached by extending one's counting. Unclear. Schuessler (2007) notes similar forms in Mon-Khmer, though their initials and finals do not match Old Chinese; compare Vietnamese nghìn and Old Mon lṅim (whence Mon လ္ၚီ (ŋìm)), all meaning "thousand". Also compare Proto-Hlai *C-ŋin.
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Components
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Example sentences
我爱千层面。
I love lasagna.
千萬別理湯姆。
Don't pay any attention to Tom.
數千人死於飢餓。
Thousands of people died of hunger.
她將去千葉球場。
She is going to Chiba Stadium.
胃裡如同千軍萬馬開過。
An army marches on its stomach.
母親每個月給妹妹兩千日元。
Mother gives my sister two thousand yen every month.
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