vạn tuế

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 萬歲, composed of (ten thousand) and (years of age); doublet of muôn tuổi.

Compare thiên tuế (literally thousand years).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːn˧˨ʔ twe˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ twej˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾ej˦˥] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾ej˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
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Interjection[edit]

vạn tuế

  1. (archaic, to a monarch) long live
    Hoàng thượng vạn tuế! Vạn tuế! Vạn vạn tuế!
    Long live the emperor!

See also[edit]