成千上万 meaning in English
(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless
Meaning of 成千上万
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chéngqiānshàngwàn
- (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)
- (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless
成千上万 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
成千上万的人想要知道答案。
Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.
每年有成千上万的外国人访问日本。
Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.
成千上万的人对这个广告很失望。
Thousands of people are very disappointed with this advertisement.
成千上万的士兵和市民死去了。
Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.
成千上万的人死于瘟疫。
Thousands upon thousands have died from the epidemic.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
成 chéng · to succeed · 6 strokes
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千 qiān · thousand · 3 strokes
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
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万 wàn · ten thousand · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 成千上万.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēnshang | on the body; at hand |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
Questions about 成千上万
What does 成千上万 mean?
成千上万 (chéngqiān-shàngwàn) means "(lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless".
How do you write 成千上万?
成千上万 is made of 4 characters: 成 (6 strokes), 千 (3 strokes), 上 (3 strokes), 万 (3 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 成千上万 an HSK word?
Yes. 成千上万 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 成千上万 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 成千上万 is written 成千上萬.