wàn
ten thousand
a great number
wàn rén
ten thousand people
all the people
everyman
dàn
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗
ten pecks
one hundred liters
qiān wàn
ten million
countless
many
one must by all means
xún
ten days
ten years
full period
bǎo líng qiú
ten-pin bowling (loanword)
bowling ball
shí
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
assorted
miscellaneous
shí fēn
very
completely
utterly
extremely
absolutely
hundred percent
to divide into ten equal parts
shí jǐ
more than ten
a dozen or more
jiǎ
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
(used for an unspecified person or thing)
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
armor plating
shell or carapace
(of the fingers or toes) nail
bladed leather or metal armor (old)
ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
civil administration unit (old)
ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
dǒu
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
decaliter
peck
cup or dipper shaped object
old variant of 陡[dou3]
dīng
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
fourth in order
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
butyl
cubes (of food)
xīn
(of taste) hot or pungent
hard
laborious
suffering
eighth in order
eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
octa
yǐ
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
second in order
letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])
ethyl
bent
winding
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
zhì
order
orderliness
(classifier) ten years
wàn zhàng
lit. ten thousand fathoms
fig. extremely high or deep
lofty
bottomless
jǐ
self
oneself
sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
sixth in order
letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
hexa
wàn fēn
very much
extremely
one ten thousandth part
wàn nián lì
perpetual calendar
ten thousand year calendar
Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁
zhàng
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
to measure
husband
polite appellation for an older male
jiǎ yǐ
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
gān zhī
the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
sexagenary cycle
shí
to pick up
to collate or arrange
ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
bǐng
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
third in order
letter "C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 165°
propyl
wù
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
fifth in order
letter "E" or roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
penta
shí zì
cross road
cross-shaped
crucifix
the character ten
gēng
age
seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
seventh in order
letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 255°
hepta
rén
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
ninth in order
letter "I" or roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 345°
nona
qiān lǐ mǎ
lit. ten thousand mile horse
fine steed
guǐ
tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
tenth in order
letter "J" or roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 15°
deca
shí jiè
the ten commandments (religion)
shàng wàn
over ten thousand
fig. untold numbers
innumerable
thousands upon thousands
hú
ancient measuring vessel
fifty liters
dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)
bǎi nián shù rén
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom)
fig. a good education program takes a long time to develop
cf. 十年樹木，百年樹人|十年树木，百年树人
shí shù
more than ten
a dozen or more
shí xiàng
ten items
decathlon (athletics)
shí miàn mái fú
Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece)
House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
wàn hù
ten thousand houses or households
wàn wèi
the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
wàn guàn
ten thousand strings of cash
very wealthy
millionaire
wàn shuǐ qiān shān
ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey
a long and difficult road
wàn wéi wǎng
World Wide Web (WWW)
lit. ten-thousand dimensional net
qiú dào
fairway (golf)
lane (ten-pin bowling)
wǔ dài shí guó
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979)
yāo chán wàn guàn
lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
extremely wealthy
loaded
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