DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

千言萬語

简千言万语 · 繁千言萬語

Mandarin · pinyin qiān yán wàn yǔ

thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
talking nonstop

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

千: qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
萬: Look up this written character
語: Look up this written character
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
语: yǔ · language, words; saying, expression

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–4–3 · qian1 yan2 wan4 yu3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

千言萬語 · find source passages ↗ · 千言万语 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cin1 jin4 maan6 jyu5

Cantonese word readings for 千言萬語. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) thousands and thousands of words; to have much to say

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack