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仟
Mandarin · pinyin qiān
Meanings
- thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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- 仟
- qiān · one thousand; leader of one thousand men
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Mandarin tones
1 · qian1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cin1
Cantonese word readings for 仟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (historical) leader of one thousand men
- (financial) alternative form of 千 (“thousand”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 阡 (“footpath between fields going north/south”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 芊 (“lush (vegetation)”)
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