万
wàn
ten thousand
surname Wan; a great number
a picture of 万 → ten thousand (once a swarming scorpion)
万 originally depicted a scorpion in oracle bone script — a creature that swarmed in vast numbers. Over time it was repurposed as a number word for ten thousand, losing its pictographic origin entirely.
这个市场里有一万件商品。
zhè ge shì chǎng lǐ yǒu yī wàn jiàn shāng pǐn。
there are ten thousand items in this market.
世界上有万种不同的语言和文化。
shì jiè shàng yǒu wàn zhǒng bù tóng de yǔ yán hé wén huà。
in the world there are a great number of different languages and cultures.
Words with 万
万万
wàn wàn
hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity
万名
wàn míng
all names
万源
wàn yuán
see 萬源市|万源市[Wan4 yuan2 Shi4]
万无一失
wàn wú yī shī
surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
万宁市
wàn níng shì
Wanning City, Hainan
万难
wàn nán
countless difficulties
塞万提斯
sài wàn tí sī
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]
包罗万象
bāo luó wàn xiàng
all-embracing
万不得已
wàn bù dé yǐ
only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
亿万富豪
yì wàn fù háo
multimillionaire
以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
万里
wàn lǐ
far away