千萬

See also: 千万

Chinese

		thousand	ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (千萬)		千	萬
simp. (千万)		千	万
anagram		萬千／万千

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qiānwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чян ван (či͡an van, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-van

  (Hailu, HRS): cien^ˋ van^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiên¹ van⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕng-uâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-bān / chheng-bān / chhuiⁿ-bān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coin¹ bhuêng⁷ / coin¹ bhuang⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chi-ve

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianwàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-wan⁴
    • Yale: chyān-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwann
    • Palladius: цяньвань (cjanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wän⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чян ван (či͡an van, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiæ̃²⁴ væ̃⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ maan⁶
    • Yale: chīn maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ maːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-van
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˊ van
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ van⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ van⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cien^ˋ van^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien⁵³ van³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiên¹ van⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋan⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕng-uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-bān
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienban
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ ban⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-bān
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengban
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhuiⁿ-bān
    • Tâi-lô: tshuinn-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvui'ban
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ³³ ban⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: coin¹ bhuêng⁷ / coin¹ bhuang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ buēng / tshoiⁿ buāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ bueŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ buaŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chi-ve
    • MiniDict: chi^平 ve
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qi-ve
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ve²¹/

Number

千萬

1. ten million

Adjective

千萬

1. tens of millions of

Derived terms

• 千千萬萬 / 千千万万 (qiānqiānwànwàn)
• 千萬富翁 / 千万富翁 (qiānwàn fùwēng)
• 千萬富豪 / 千万富豪 (qiānwàn fùháo)
• 千萬買鄰 / 千万买邻 (qiānwànmǎilín)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-van

  (Hailu, HRS): cien^ˋ van^˖

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-bān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coin¹ bhuêng⁷ / coin¹ bhuang⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chi-ve

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianwàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-wan⁴
    • Yale: chyān-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwann
    • Palladius: цяньвань (cjanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ maan⁶
    • Yale: chīn maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ maːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-van
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien^ˊ van
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ van⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ van⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cien^ˋ van^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰien⁵³ van³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-bān
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-bān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienban
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ ban⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: coin¹ bhuêng⁷ / coin¹ bhuang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ buēng / tshoiⁿ buāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ bueŋ¹¹/, /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ buaŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chi-ve
    • MiniDict: chi^平 ve
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qi-ve
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ve²¹/

Adverb

千萬

1. absolutely; by all means; must; (when used negatively) under no circumstances; don't ever; for goodness' sake please don't

   千萬要來！／千万要来！  ―  Qiānwàn yào lái!  ―  You gotta come!

   千萬別這麼說！／千万别这么说！  ―  Qiānwàn bié zhème shuō!  ―  Don't ever talk like that!

   • (Can we date this quote?), “痛苦女人心”, 俞隆華 (lyrics), performed by 葉啟田:

     千萬千萬不通將阮放 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     千万千万不通将阮放 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhian-bān chhian-bān m̄-thang chiong gún pàng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Please, please don't ever let me go

Synonyms

• 絕對／绝对 (juéduì)
• 絕／绝 (jué)
• 萬萬／万万 (wànwàn)
• (Cantonese) 千祈 (cin1 kei4)
• (Hokkien) 千千 (sian-sian)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千萬):

• → Japanese: 千(せん)万(まん) (senman); 千(せん)万(ばん) (senban)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	萬
せん Grade: 1	ばん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	goon

Kanji in this term
千	萬
せん Grade: 1	まん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	kan'yōon

For pronunciation and definitions of 千萬 – see the following entry.

【千万せんまん】 [numeral] ten million [adjective] countless; innumerable 【千万せんばん】 [adverb] (formal or literary) very; extremely (also used as a suffix after -na adjectives)

(This term, 千萬, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 千 (ti, “one thousand”) +‎ 萬 (yo₂ro₂du, “ten thousand, myriad”).

Literally “ten million”.

Noun

千萬 (tiyo₂ro₂du) (kana ちよろづ)

1. a countless or innumerable amount
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 972:
     , text here

     千萬乃軍奈利友言擧不爲取而可來男常曾念

     tiyo₂ro₂du no₂ ikusa nari to₂mo ko₂to₂age sezu to₂rite ki₁nube₂ki₁ ono₂ko₁ to₂ so₂ omopu

     Though you faced a foe a thousand myriads in strength, you are such a man as without lifting up words could bring them captive back.

Descendants

• Japanese: 千万 (chiyorozu)

See also

• 五百万 (ipoyo₂ro₂du)
• 八百万 (yapoyo₂ro₂du)