| 千禧年 | qiān xǐ nián | Millennium |
| 千秋万代 | qiān qiū wàn dài | throughout the ages |
| 千经万卷 | qiān jīng wàn juǎn | lit. a thousand sutras, ten thousand scrolls; fig. the vast Buddhist canon |
| 千叶 | Qiān yè | Chiba, Japan |
| 千叶县 | Qiān yè xiàn | Chiba prefecture, Japan |
| 千言万语 | qiān yán wàn yǔ | thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say; talking nonstop |
| 千变万轸 | qiān biàn wàn zhěn | constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom) |
| 千赫兹 | qiān hè zī | kilohertz; kHz |
| 千足虫 | qiān zú chóng | millipede |
千军易得, 一将难求 | qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú | easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general (idiom) |
| 千载难逢 | qiān zǎi nán féng | lit. hard to meet in a thousand years (idiom); extremely rare opportunity; once in a blue moon |
| 千里 | qiān lǐ | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance |
千里之堤, 溃于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué | an ant hole causing the collapse of a great dike.; Huge damage from a moment's negligence (idiom) |
| 千里之外 | qiān lǐ zhī wài | thousand miles distant |
| 千里寄鹅毛 | qiān lǐ jì é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鹅毛 |
| 千里送鹅毛 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it |
千里送鹅毛, 礼轻人意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
千里送鹅毛, 礼轻情意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. |
| 千里达和多巴哥 | Qiān lǐ dá hé Duō bā gē | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 千里鹅毛 | qiān lǐ é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鹅毛 |
| 千金一掷 | qiān jīn yī zhì | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant |
| 千金一诺 | qiān jīn yī nuò | a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept |
| 千金方 | Qiān jīn fāng | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medecine by Sūn Sīmiǎo 孙思邈 |
| 千金要方 | Qiān jīn yào fāng | Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medecine by Sūn Sīmiǎo 孙思邈 |
| 千金难买 | qiān jīn nán mǎi | can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom) |
| 千钧一发 | qiān jūn yī fā | a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death |
| 千阳 | Qiān yáng | Qianyang county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī |
| 千阳县 | Qiān yáng xiàn | Qianyang county in Bǎojī 宝鸡, Shǎnxī |
| 千难万难 | qiān nán wàn nán | extremely difficult |
| 千头万绪 | qiān tóu wàn xù | plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic |
| 千鸟渊国家公墓 | Qiān niǎo yuān guó jiā gōng mù | Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo; also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| 千碱基对 | qiān jiǎn jī duì | thousand base pair (kbp) |