千萬

See also: 千万

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qiānwàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чян ван (či͡an van, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhiên-van

(Meixian, Guangdong): qiên¹ van⁴
Min Dong (BUC): chiĕng-uâng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhian-bān / chheng-bān / chhuiⁿ-bān

(Teochew, Peng'im): coin¹ bhuêng⁷
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹qi-ve

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānwàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianwàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-wan⁴
  - Yale: chyān-wàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwann
  - Palladius: цяньвань (cjanʹvanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ 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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-van
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien´ van
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ van⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ van⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: qiên¹ van⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋan⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕng-uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(Ø-)ŋuɑŋ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-bān
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienban
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-bān
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengban
  - IPA (Philippines): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhuiⁿ-bān
  - Tâi-lô: tshuinn-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvui'ban
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuĩ³³ ban⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: coin¹ bhuêng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ buēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ bueŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹qi-ve
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ v̥e̞²¹/

Number

千萬

ten million

Adjective

千萬

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): ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ maan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiên-van
Min Nan (POJ): chhian-bān
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹qi-ve

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānwàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianwàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-wan⁴
  - Yale: chyān-wàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianwann
  - Palladius: цяньвань (cjanʹvanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ 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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên-van
  - Hakka Romanization System: qien´ van
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ van⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ van⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-bān
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-bān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienban
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ ban⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ban²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ban³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹qi-ve
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ v̥e̞²¹/

Adverb

千萬

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!
- 千萬千萬不通將阮放 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  千万千万不通将阮放 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 葉啟田 (lyricist 俞隆華), 痛苦女人心
  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)
(Min Nan) 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 an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

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)

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.[1]

Descendants

Japanese: 千万 (chiyorozu)

References

Norinaga Motoori (2007), Michael F. Marra, editor, The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 7

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[1] Norinaga Motoori (2007), Michael F. Marra, editor, The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 7