六十万 (liù shí wàn) — six hundred thousand (600,000)

Definition

The number 600,000. Combines 六十 ('sixty') with 万 ('ten thousand'), so 60 × 10,000 = 600,000 — not the same as 六千 (six thousand) or 六百万 (six million).

numeral
six hundred thousand (600,000)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 六十万。
    Zhè ge chéng shì yǒu liù shí wàn rén kǒu.
    This city has a population of six hundred thousand.
  • 六十万。
    Tā mǎi nà tào fáng zǐ huā le liù shí wàn.
    He spent six hundred thousand on that apartment.
  • 六十万。
    Gōng sī qù nián zhuàn le liù shí wàn yuán.
    The company earned six hundred thousand yuan last year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

六十sixty
六liùsix十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
万wànten thousand

'六十' and '万' give sixty ten-thousands, i.e. 600,000.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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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.

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