thiên niên kỉ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• thiên niên kỷ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 千年紀, composed of 千年 (“1000 years; millennium”) and 紀 (“period”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ niən˧˧ ki˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ niəŋ˧˧ kɪj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ niəŋ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

thiên niên kỉ

1. a millennium (one thousand years)