千 qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
千家万户
qiānjiāwànhù
countless households
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
万 wàn
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
户 hù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这个好消息很快传到了千家万户。 Zhège hǎo xiāoxi hěn kuài chuán dào le qiānjiāwànhù. This good news soon spread to countless households.
- 夜幕降临，千家万户亮起了灯。 Yèmù jiànglín, qiānjiāwànhù liàng qǐ le dēng. As night fell, lights came on in countless homes.
- 春节时，千家万户都贴上了红色的春联。 Chūnjié shí, qiānjiāwànhù dōu tiē shàng le hóngsè de chūnlián. At the Spring Festival, countless households put up red couplets.
Related words
- 千 qiān thousand
- 千克 qiānkè kilogram
- 千万 qiānwàn be sure to; never (for emphasis)
- 成千上万 chéngqiānshàngwàn tens of thousands, numerous
- 千变万化 qiānbiànwànhuà ever-changing; constantly changing
- 千方百计 qiānfāngbǎijì by every possible means
- 千军万马 qiānjūnwànmǎ a mighty force; a vast multitude
- 千钧一发 qiānjūnyífà at a critical moment; extremely perilous
- 千姿百态 qiānzībǎitài in a great variety of forms; diverse and colourful
- 家 jiā home, family
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 回家 huíjiā to go home