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千年 meaning in English

qiānnián

millennium

9 strokes

Meaning of 千年

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiānnián
  1. millennium

千年 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

澳ào大dà利lì亚yà土tǔ著zhù已yǐ经jīng吃chī了le上shàng千qiān年nián袋dài鼠shǔ。
Indigenous Australians have eaten kangaroos for millennia.
我wǒ们men已yǐ经jīng准zhǔn备bèi好hǎo应yìng付fù千qiān年nián虫chóng。
We're thoroughly prepared for the Y2K bug.
公gōng元yuán前qián七qī千qiān年nián那nà段duàn时shí间jiān发fā生shēng了le很hěn多duō重zhòng要yào的de历lì史shǐ事shì件jiàn。
Many important historical events took place 7000 years B.C.
特tè兰lán西xī瓦wǎ尼ní亚yà曾céng是shì匈xiōng牙yá利lì的de一yī部bù分fèn，长zhǎng达dá一yī千qiān年nián。
Transylvania was part of Hungary for a thousand years.

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千 qiān · thousand · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

年 nián · year · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
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  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 千年.

今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
明年míngniánnext year
半年bàn niánhalf a year
新年xīnniánNew Year
年轻niánqīngyoung
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青年qīngniányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
周年zhōuniánanniversary; annual
年级niánjígrade; year (in school, college etc)
中年zhōngniánmiddle age

Questions about 千年

What does 千年 mean?

千年 (qiānnián) means "millennium".

How do you write 千年?

千年 is made of 2 characters: 千 (3 strokes), 年 (6 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.