成千上萬

See also: 成千上万

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	thousand	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (成千上萬)		成	千	上	萬
simp. (成千上万)		成	千	上	万

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngqiānshàngwàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ cin¹ soeng⁵ maan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngqiānshàngwàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngcianshàngwàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chʻien¹-shang⁴-wan⁴
    • Yale: chéng-chyān-shàng-wàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngchianshanqwann
    • Palladius: чэнцяньшанвань (čɛncjanʹšanvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ cin¹ soeng⁵ maan⁶
    • Yale: sìhng chīn séuhng maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ tsin¹ soeng⁵ maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ qin¹ sêng⁵ man⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ maːn²²/

Idiom

成千上萬

1. by the thousands and tens of thousands; untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands

   成千上萬他的支持者聚集在他的周圍。 [MSC, trad.]
   成千上万他的支持者聚集在他的周围。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chéngqiānshàngwàn tā de zhīchízhě jùjí zài tā de zhōuwéi. [Pinyin]

   Thousands upon thousands of his supporters congregated around him.

   • 匈牙利事件發生以後，我國有些人感到高興。他們希望在中國也出現一個那樣的事件，有成千上萬的人上街，去反對人民政府。 [MSC, trad.]
     匈牙利事件发生以后，我国有些人感到高兴。他们希望在中国也出现一个那样的事件，有成千上万的人上街，去反对人民政府。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Xiōngyálì shìjiàn fāshēng yǐhòu, wǒguó yǒuxiē rén gǎndào gāoxìng. Tāmen xīwàng zài Zhōngguó yě chūxiàn yīge nàyàng de shìjiàn, yǒu chéngqiānshàngwàn de rén shàngjiē, qù fǎnduì Rénmín Zhèngfǔ. [Pinyin]

     Certain people in our country were delighted by the Hungarian incident. They hoped that something similar would happen in China, that thousands upon thousands of people would take to the streets to demonstrate against the People's Government.

Synonyms

• 成千成萬／成千成万 (chéngqiānchéngwàn)
• 成千累萬／成千累万 (chéngqiānlěiwàn)