# 十千
## Chinese
### Etymology

Calque of English ten thousand.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shíqiān
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sap$^6$ cin$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p-chheng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shíqiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcian
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$-chʻien$^1$
*** Yale: shŕ-chyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchian
*** Palladius: шицянь (šicjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sap$^6$ cin$^1$
*** Yale: sahp chīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sap$^9$ tsin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seb$^6$ qin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐp̚² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p-chheng
*** Tâi-lô: tsa̍p-tshing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zabzhefng
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sap̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sʰeŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dzyip tshen
Rime :
| Character | 十 | 千 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 緝 (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 | sap$^6$ | cin$^1$ |
* 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
* (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) ten thousand
** 2001, 黃一飛 [Freddie Huang] (lyrics and music), “一百萬”‎performed by 黃一飛 [Freddie Huang]:
       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
* (literary) numerous; very many
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th 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.
    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 | 10$^2$ | 10$^3$ | 10$^4$ | 10$^6$ | 10$^8$ | 10$^{12}$ |
| 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 | 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) |