十千

Chinese

		ten	thousand
simp. and trad. (十千)		十	千

Etymology

Calque of English ten thousand.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ cin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcian
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻien¹
    • Yale: shŕ-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchian
    • Palladius: шицянь (šicjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶ cin¹
    • Yale: sahp chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyip tshen

Rime
Character	十	千
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	侵 (141)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	是執切	蒼先切
Baxter	dzyip	tshen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiɪp̚/	/t͡sʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑip̚/	/t͡sʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjep̚/	/t͡sʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑip̚/	/t͡sʰɛn/
Li Rong	/ʑiəp̚/	/t͡sʰen/
Wang Li	/ʑĭĕp̚/	/t͡sʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯əp̚/	/t͡sʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shí	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sap6	cin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[ɡ]əp  s.n̥ˤi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjub  sn̥ʰiːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	十	千
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shí	qiān
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyip ›	‹ tshen ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[ɡ]əp/	/*s.n̥ˁi[ŋ]/
English	ten	thousand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	十	千
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11452	10792
Phonetic component	十	人
Rime group	緝	眞
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	十	千
Old Chinese	/*ɡjub/	/*sn̥ʰiːn/
Notes		小徐人聲，甲文乃借人加一

Numeral

十千

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) ten thousand

   • 十千八千拿去用　免還嘛無問題 [Hokkien, trad.]
     十千八千拿去用　免还嘛无问题 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2001, 黃一飛 (Huang Yi-Fei), 一百萬

     cha̍p-chheng poeh-chheng the̍h khì ēng, bián hoân mā bô-būn-tôe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Ten thousand or eight thousand bucks, take and use it, it's even okay to not pay it back

2. (literary) numerous; very many

   • 亦服爾耕，十千維耦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     亦服尔耕，十千维耦。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yì fú ěr gēng, shíqiān wéi ǒu. [Pinyin]

     Attend to your ploughing,
     With your ten thousand men all in pairs.

   • 新豐美酒斗十千，咸陽遊俠多少年。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     新丰美酒斗十千，咸阳游侠多少年。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Wang Wei (王維), 少年行四首‧其一

     Xīnfēng měijiǔ dǒu shíqiān, Xiányáng yóuxiá duō shàonián. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 萬／万 (wàn)

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩／两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬／百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟