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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

千户 [qiānhù]
  1. 1. noun A thousand families.
    这个千户的村庄, 主要的经济来源就是旅游业。
    The main economic resource of this ten-thousand-family village is tourism.
  2. 2. noun Referred to the gift to a noble of a fief more than the land of one thousand households.
    萧何为刘邦铲除了韩信, 刘邦因此封赐萧何食邑千户。
    Xiao He killed Han Xin for Liu Bang, so Liu Bang made him a marquis, with a fief of 1,000 families.
  3. 3. noun A military post in ancient times, affiliated to wanhu, originating in the beginning of the Jin Dynasty.
    成吉思汗任命木华黎为千户。
    Genghis Khan appointed Mu Huani as a high official in the army.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

千户 [qiānhù]
  1. 1. 名 一千户人家。
  2. 2. 名 古代指食邑千户的封爵。
  3. 3. 名 古代军队职位，隶属万户统辖，金初开始设置。
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Examples

这个千户的村庄, 主要的经济来源就是旅游业。
The main economic resource of this ten-thousand-family village is tourism. → 千户
萧何为刘邦铲除了韩信, 刘邦因此封赐萧何食邑千户。
Xiao He killed Han Xin for Liu Bang, so Liu Bang made him a marquis, with a fief of 1,000 families. → 千户
成吉思汗任命木华黎为千户。
Genghis Khan appointed Mu Huani as a high official in the army. → 千户

Word Decomposition

千
[qiān] 		+ 户
[hù]

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