三万二 (sān wàn èr) — thirty-two thousand (32,000)

Definition

An informal spoken shorthand for 32,000 — the last 千 is dropped, as in 我存了三万二块钱.

numeral
thirty-two thousand (32,000)

Examples

  • 三万二。
    Zhè ge shù zì shì sān wàn èr.
    This number is thirty-two thousand.
  • 三万二。
    sān wàn èr Děng yú sān wàn èr qiān.
    Thirty-two thousand equals thirty-two thousand.
  • 三万二。
    Wǒ cún le sān wàn èr kuài qián.
    I saved thirty-two thousand yuan.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

Open 三 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 萬; 万 is its simplified writing.

For 万, the form 萬 was originally a picture of a scorpion, later borrowed for its sound to write 'ten thousand'; the scorpion picture is unrelated to that number.

Open 万 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

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