成千上万成千上萬 chéng qiān shàng wàn — lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
chéng (second tone, rising) qiān (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling) wàn (fourth tone, falling)cheng2 qian1 shang4 wan4
Traditional: 成千上萬
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 千
- 千qiān (first tone, high and level)thousand
- 千万千萬qiān (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling)ten million
- 千方百计千方百計qiān (first tone, high and level) fāng (first tone, high and level) bǎi (third tone, dipping) jì (fourth tone, falling)lit. thousand ways
- 千克qiān (first tone, high and level) kè (fourth tone, falling)kilogram
- 千家万户千家萬戶qiān (first tone, high and level) jiā (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling) hù (fourth tone, falling)every family (idiom)
- 千钧一发千鈞一髮qiān (first tone, high and level) jūn (first tone, high and level) yī (first tone, high and level) fà (fourth tone, falling)a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)
- 千变万化千變萬化qiān (first tone, high and level) biàn (fourth tone, falling) wàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)countless changes
- 千军万马千軍萬馬qiān (first tone, high and level) jūn (first tone, high and level) wàn (fourth tone, falling) mǎ (third tone, dipping)magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
Words containing 上
- 上shàng (fourth tone, falling)on, on top of, above
- 身上shēn (first tone, high and level) shang (neutral tone)on the body
- 晚上wǎnshang (third tone, dipping)evening, night
- 早上zǎoshang (third tone, dipping)early morning
- 马上馬上mǎshàng (third tone, dipping)at once, right away, immediately
- 实际上實際上shí (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
- 上面shàng (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)on top of
- 事实上事實上shì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
- 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
- 加上jiā (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)plus
- 上午shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling)morning (before noon)
- 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work
- 车上車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
- 以上yǐ (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling)that level or higher
- 上去shàng (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go up
- 地上dì (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the ground
- 上网上網shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling)to go online, to use the internet
- 上周shàng (fourth tone, falling) zhōu (first tone, high and level)last week