thiên tuế

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 千歲, composed of 千 (“thousand”) and 歲 (“years of age”). Compare vạn tuế (literally “ten thousand years”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ twe˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ twej˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾ej˦˥]

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Interjection

thiên tuế

1. (archaic, to an East Asian empress consort or queen consort) long live

   Hoàng hậu thiên tuế! Thiên tuế! Thiên thiên tuế!

   Long live the empress consort!