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几十万 (jǐ shí wàn) — hundreds of thousands (an indefinite large number)

Definition

几十万 means 'several hundred thousand' — a very large but indefinite number, smaller than 几百万 ('several million') and much larger than 几万 ('several tens of thousands').

numeral
hundreds of thousands (an indefinite large number)

Examples

  • ，几十万。
    Tā jiā yǒu yì bǎi duō wàn, bú shì jǐ shí wàn.
    His family has over a million, not just hundreds of thousands.
  • 几十万。
    Zhè cì huó dòng lái le jǐ shí wàn rén.
    Hundreds of thousands of people came to this event.
  • 几十万。
    jǐ shí wàn Kuài qián duì tā lái shuō bú suàn shén me.
    A few hundred thousand yuan is nothing to him.

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.

几十several tens
几jǐseveral十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
万wànten thousand

几十万 means 几十 (several tens) and 万 (ten thousand) together as hundreds of thousands.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 幾; 几 is its simplified writing.

  • 𢆶𢆶𢆶silk threads; little things
  • 戍戍shùto guard against

The traditional form 幾 puts 𢆶 (silk threads; little things) and 戍 (to guard against) together to show watching over the fine details; the simplified 几 is a later abbreviation.

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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.

Open 万 →
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