成千 [－－]

Jyutping sing4 cin1
Pinyin chéng qiān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. thousands
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    每年有成千上万的外国人访问日本。
    每年有成千上萬的外國人訪問日本。
    měi nián yǒu chéng qiān shàng wàn de wài guó rén fǎng wèn rì běn 。
    • Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.
    • Thousands of foreigners visit Japan each year.
    • Every year thousands of foreigners visit Japan.
  2. Mandarin
    成千上万的人对这个广告很失望。
    成千上萬的人對這個廣告很失望。
    chéng qiān shàng wàn de rén duì zhè ge guǎng gào hěn shī wàng 。
    • Thousands of people were deceived by the advertisement.
  3. Mandarin
    成千上万的人想要知道答案。
    成千上萬的人想要知道答案。
    chéng qiān shàng wàn de rén xiǎng yào zhī dào dá àn 。
    • Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.
  4. Mandarin
    有成千的人来参加今天的集会。
    有成千的人來參加今天的集會。
    yǒu chéng qiān de rén lái cān jiā jīn tiān de jí huì 。
    • There are thousands of participants at today's event.
  5. Mandarin
    成千上万的士兵和市民死去了。
    成千上萬的士兵和市民死去了。
    chéng qiān shàng wàn dī shì bīng hé shì mín sǐ qù le 。
    • Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    佢争人成千蚊。
    佢爭人成千蚊。
    keoi5 zang1 jan4 sing4 cin1 man1 。
    • His debts amounted to a thousand dollars.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢条村大细老嫩有成千人。
    呢條村大細老嫩有成千人。
    nei5 tiu4 cyun1 daai6 sai3 lou5 nyun6 jau5 sing4 cin1 jan4.
    • There are up to a thousand people in total in this village, regardless of age and gender.
  2. Cantonese
    呢个手袋成千蚊㗎。
    呢個手袋成千蚊㗎。
    ni1 go3 sau2 doi2 seng4 cin1 man1 gaa3.
    • This handbag costs almost a thousand dollars.
  3. Cantonese
    成千度近视，唔配眼镜好难睇得清楚。
    成千度近視，唔配眼鏡好難睇得清楚。
    seng4 cin1 dou6 gan6 si6, m4 pui3 ngaan5 geng2 hou2 naan4 tai2 dak1 cing1 co2.
    • It is hard to see clearly when one has myopia in 1000 degrees without glasses.
  4. Cantonese
    成千银／成万银
    成千銀／成萬銀
    seng4 cin1 ngan4 / seng4 maan6 ngan4
    • a thousand dollars / ten thousand dollars (to emphasise how large the amount is)
  5. Cantonese
    每年七一，都有成千上万嘅香港市民上街，向政府表达诉求。
    每年七一，都有成千上萬嘅香港市民上街，向政府表達訴求。
    mui5 nin4 cat1 jat1, dou1 jau5 sing4 cin1 soeng5 maan6 ge3 hoeng1 gong2 si5 man4 soeng5 gaai1, hoeng3 zing3 fu2 biu2 daat6 sou3 kau4.
    • On 1st July every year, thousands of Hong Kong citizens take to the streets to express their demands to the government.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    成千上万
    成千上萬
    chéng qiān shàng wàn
    • by the thousands and tens of thousands
  2. Mandarin
    成千上万他的支持者聚集在他的周围。
    成千上萬他的支持者聚集在他的周圍。
    chéng qiān shàng wàn tā de zhī chí zhě jù jí zài tā de zhōu wéi ．
    • Thousands upon thousands of his supporters congregated around him.
  3. Mandarin
    匈牙利事件发生以后，我国有些人感到高兴。他们希望在中国也出现一个那样的事件，有成千上万的人上街，去反对人民政府。
    匈牙利事件發生以後，我國有些人感到高興。他們希望在中國也出現一個那樣的事件，有成千上萬的人上街，去反對人民政府。
    xiōng yá lì shì jiàn fā shēng yǐ hòu ， wǒ guó yǒu xiē rén gǎn dào gāo xìng ． tā men xī wàng zài zhōng guó yě chū xiàn yī ge nà yàng de shì jiàn ， yǒu chéng qiān shàng wàn de rén shàng jiē ， qù fǎn duì rén mín zhèng fǔ ．
    • Certain people in our country were delighted by the Hungarian incident. They hoped that something similar would happen in China, that thousands upon thousands of people would take to the streets to demonstrate against the People's Government.