Chinese Character Dictionary

十进

shí jìn

decimal

十进位

shí jìn wèi

decimal system

十进位法

shí jìn wèi fă

decimal system

十进制

shí jìn zhì

decimal

十进算术

shí jìn suàn shù

decimal calculation

十边形

shí biān xíng

decagon

十里洋场

shí lĭ yáng chăng

the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements

十锦

shí jĭn

variant of 什錦|什锦[shí jĭn]

十面埋伏

shí miàn mái fú

Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece)

十项

shí xiàng

ten items

十项全能

shí xiàng quán néng

decathlon

卂

xùn

(archaic) to fly rapidly

千

qiān

thousand

千伏

qiān fú

kilovolt

千位

qiān wèi

the thousands place (or column) in the decimal system

千位元

qiān wèi yuán

kilobit

千佛洞

qiān Fó dòng

Buddhist grottos

千亿

qiān yì

myriads

千克

qiān kè

kilogram

千刀万剐

qiān dāo wàn guă

to make mincemeat of sb

千千万万

qiān qiān wàn wàn

lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers

千卡

qiān kă

kilocalorie (Kcal)

千古

qiān gŭ

for all eternity

千古罪人

qiān gŭ zuì rén

sb condemned by history (idiom)

千古遗恨

qiān gŭ yí hèn

to have eternal regrets (idiom)

千叮万嘱

qiān dīng wàn zhŭ

repeatedly urging

千周

qiān zhōu

kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz

千吨

qiān dūn

kiloton

千吨级核武器

qiān dūn jí hé wŭ qì

kiloton weapon

千夫

qiān fū

a lot of people (literary)

千奇百怪

qiān qí băi guài

fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)

千姿百态

qiān zī băi tài

in different poses and with different expressions

千字文

Qiān zì wén

Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer

千字节

qiān zì jié

kilobyte

千家万户

qiān jiā wàn hù

every family (idiom)

千层面

qiān céng miàn

lasagna

千山区

Qiān shān qū

Qianshan district of Anshan city 鞍山市[An1 shān shì], Liaoning

千岛列岛

Qiān dăo Liè dăo

Kuril Islands (chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaido)

千岛湖

Qiān dăo Hú

Qiandao Lake

千岛群岛

Qiān dăo Qún dăo

Kuril island chain between Kamchatka and Hokkaidō

千岛酱

qiān dăo jiàng

thousand island dressing

千差万别

qiān chā wàn bié

manifold diversity

千帕

qiān pà

kiloPascal (kPa, unit of pressure)

千年

qiān nián

millennium

千虑一失

qiān lu:4 yī shī

reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human

千虑一得

qiān lu:4 yī dé

a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.

千斤顶

qiān jīn dĭng

jack (for lifting weight)

千方百计

qiān fāng băi jì

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

千瓦

qiān wă

kilowatt (unit of electric power)

千疮百孔

qiān chuāng băi kŏng

riddled with gaping wounds

千真万确

qiān zhēn wàn què

absolutely true (idiom)

千禧年

qiān xĭ nián

millennium

千秋

qiān qiū

a thousand years

千秋万代

qiān qiū wàn dài

throughout the ages

千篇一律

qiān piān yī lu:4

thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive

千米

qiān mĭ

kilometer

千丝万缕

qiān sī wàn lu:3

linked in countless ways

千经万卷

qiān jīng wàn juăn

lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon

千万

qiān wàn

ten million

千叶

Qiān yè

Chiba, Japan