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万

wàn

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Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 2 Character Traditional 萬

万 (wàn) means "ten thousand; a great number". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 万 means

  1. ten thousand
  2. a great number

How 万 is used in grammar

万 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, numerals.

Other readings

万 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

Example sentences

Words starting with 万

Words containing 万

Characters that look like 万

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read wàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

Where 万 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Directions & Location (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 12 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6. Topics are taught in prerequisite order and are never locked.

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