成千上万 meaning in English

chéngqiān-shàngwàn

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

HSK 7-9Traditional 成千上萬15 strokes

Meaning of 成千上万

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chéngqiānshàngwàn
  1. (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)
  2. (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless

成千上万 in example sentences

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

成chéng千qiān上shàng万wàn的de人rén想xiǎng要yào知zhī道dào答dá案àn。
Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.
每měi年nián有yǒu成chéng千qiān上shàng万wàn的de外wài国guó人rén访fǎng问wèn日rì本běn。
Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.
成chéng千qiān上shàng万wàn的de人rén对duì这zhè个ge广guǎng告gào很hěn失shī望wàng。
Thousands of people are very disappointed with this advertisement.
成chéng千qiān上shàng万wàn的dī士shì兵bīng和hé市shì民mín死sǐ去qù了le。
Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.
成chéng千qiān上shàng万wàn的de人rén死sǐ于yú瘟wēn疫yì。
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mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上chē shang
上学shàngxuéto 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.