千歲
Chinese
thousand | year; years old; (a measure word) | ||
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trad. (千歲) | 千 | 歲 | |
simp. (千岁) | 千 | 岁 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciansuèi
- Wade–Giles: chʻien1-sui4
- Yale: chyān-swèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiansuey
- Palladius: цяньсуй (cjanʹsuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Etymology 1
Attestable in Classical Chinese.
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 千歲
- thousand years; millennium
- honorific title given to members of a royal family, especially in Chinese novels and opera
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 千歳 (Chitose).
Proper noun
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