Phrase
ten thousand
/ten ˈθaʊzənd/
numeral
一万
the cardinal number 10,000
- 1.
The cardinal number 10,000.
一万
In use
The city has a population of ten thousand.
He saved ten thousand dollars for a new car.
The marathon is ten thousand meters long.
ten thousand + plural noun
ten thousand 后直接跟复数名词,表示数量。
Ten thousand students attended the rally.
一万名学生参加了集会。
verb + ten thousand (as noun phrase)
ten thousand 可单独作为名词短语,指一万这个数量或金额。
The company donated ten thousand to the charity.
公司向慈善机构捐赠了一万。
Common mistakes
There are ten thousands people in the square.There are ten thousand people in the square.
数字后跟量词(如thousand)时不需要加复数-s,因为数字本身已表示复数。
I have a ten thousand dollars.I have ten thousand dollars.
ten thousand前不需要不定冠词a,因为数字短语直接修饰名词。
Connections
Confusing words
- thousand
- 一千 · ten thousand 指一万(10,000),而 thousand 指一千(1,000),相差一个数量级。
- hundred thousand
- 十万 · ten thousand 指一万(10,000),hundred thousand 指十万(100,000),相差十倍。
Word family
- ten-thousandth
- 第一万 · ordinal
- ten-thousandfold
- 万倍 · adverb
- thousandth
- 千分之一 · noun
- thousandfold
- 千倍 · adjective
Learner notes
Grammar Note
作数词时用单数形式 ten thousand;后接名词时名词用复数,如 ten thousand people。
Learn the forms together
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