thiên tuế

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Compare vạn tuế (“Cycas revoluta”, literally “ten thousand years”). The Cycas species are so named likely because of their long lifespan.

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!

Noun

(classifier cây) thiên tuế

1. Cycas pectinata

See also

• vạn tuế (“Cycas revoluta”)