Thousands
Several Thousands, How Many Thousands
noun
What thousand? Could be five thousand, two thousand, or ten thousand, since you're asking. Let's generalize. How do you say all of those amounts at the same time? You say "thousands."
If this is used in a question, it can also mean how many thousands?
The reading is the kun'yomi なん for 何 and the rendaku'd on'yomi reading for 千 (ぜん) combined together. It's one of those weird words that mixes the on'yomi and kun'yomi readings.
何千台
several thousand vehicles, several thousand machines
何千人
several thousand people
何千回
several thousand times
何千回もエラーが出た。
We've got thousands of errors.
マミは人生で何千ものベーコンをたべてきた。
Mami has eaten thousands of bacon strips in her life.
この先、何千メートル行けばいいんだろう。
I wonder how many thousand meters more I should go.
何千円ですか？
How many thousand yen?