千萬

See also: 千万

Chinese
thousand ten thousand; a great number; surname
trad. (千萬) 千 萬
simp. (千万) 千 万
anagram 萬千／万千

Pronunciation 1

Number

千萬

  1. ten million

Adjective

千萬

  1. tens of millions of
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Adverb

千萬

  1. absolutely; by all means; must; (when used negatively) under no circumstances; don't ever; for goodness' sake please don't
    千萬要來！／千万要来！  ―  Qiānwàn yào lái!  ―  You gotta come!
    千萬別這麼說！／千万别这么说！  ―  Qiānwàn bié zhème shuō!  ―  Don't ever talk like that!
Synonyms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (千萬):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
千 萬
せん
Grade: 1		 ばん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi goon
Kanji in this term
千 萬
せん
Grade: 1		 まん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi kan’yōon
For pronunciation and definitions of 千萬 – see the following entry.
【千万せんまん】
[numeral] ten million
[adjective] countless; innumerable
【千万せんばん】
[adverb] (formal or literary) very; extremely (also used as a suffix after -na adjectives)
(This term, 千萬, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 千 (ti, “one thousand”) +‎ 萬 (yo2ro2du, “ten thousand, myriad”).

Literally “ten million”.

Noun

千萬 (tiyo2ro2du) (kana ちよろづ)

  1. a countless or innumerable amount
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 6, poem 972:
      , text here
      千萬乃軍奈利友言擧不爲取而可來男常曾念
      tiyo2ro2du no2 ikusa nari to2mo ko2to2age sezu to2rite ki1nube2ki1 ono2ko1 to2 so2 omopu
      Though you faced a foe a thousand myriads in strength, you are such a man as without lifting up words could bring them captive back.[1]

Descendants

See also
  • 五百万 (ipoyo2ro2du)
  • 八百万 (yapoyo2ro2du)

References
  1. Norinaga Motoori (2007) Michael F. Marra, editor, The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 7
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