千歲

Chinese

		thousand	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (千歲)		千	歲
simp. (千岁)		千	岁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciansuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-sui⁴
    • Yale: chyān-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiansuey
    • Palladius: цяньсуй (cjanʹsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Etymology 1

Attestable in Classical Chinese.

Noun

千歲

1. a millennium; a thousand years
2. honorific title given to members of a royal family, especially in Chinese novels and opera

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 千(ち)歳(とせ) (Chitose).

Proper noun

千歲

1. (～市) Chitose (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	歲
ち Grade: 1	とせ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
千	歲
ち Grade: 1	とせ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 千歲 – see the following entry.

【千歳ちとせ】 [noun] Synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”) [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] Chitose (a city in Ishikari, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a district of Hokkaido prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Chitose district, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōtomari district, Karafuto prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Higashimurayama district, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Asai district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Awa district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Minamikuwada district, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Kitatama district, Tokyo prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Kanzaki district, Saga Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōno district, Ōita Prefecture, Japan) Alternative spelling 千年 【千歳せんざい】 [noun] Synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”) [noun] a role in the 翁 (Okina) routine in Noh Alternative spelling 千載

(This term, 千歲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
千	歲

Noun

千歲 • (cheonse) (hangeul 천세)

1. Hanja form^? of 천세 (“a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
千	歲

Interjection

千歲

1. chữ Hán form of thiên tuế (“long live”).