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qia̅n = qi + an1: thousand

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.

All translations for 千

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千 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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Characters with 千 as component

heavy / serious / to attach importance to
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to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer
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used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
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to annihilate / abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机[jian1 ji1 ji1], fighter plane
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to move / to shift / to change (a position or location etc) / to promote
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(of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal
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fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate
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to smoke / to fumigate / to assail the nostrils / to perfume
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Words with 千

lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly / extravagant
a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章[Cao2 Yu2 zhang1]
Kezil thousand-Buddha grotto in Baicheng 拜城, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
the year 2000 / 2000 years
see 出老千[chu1 lao3 qian1]
to cheat (in gambling)
light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
(archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
time is gold / every minute counts
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice / words of enormous weight

Sentences with 千

bǎ
nà
sa̅n
qia̅n
liù
bǎi
ji̅n
de
dà
huán
da̅o
ná
lái