千秋

See also: 韆鞦

Chinese

Etymology 1

thousand
 
autumn; fall; harvest time
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (千秋) 千 秋
simp. #(千秋) 千 秋
anagram 秋千
Literally: “a thousand autumns/years”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 千 秋
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 蒼先切 七由切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /t͡sʰiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /t͡sʰuw/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /t͡sʰiu/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /t͡sʰĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /t͡sʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān qiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 cau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 千 秋
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān qiū
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshen › ‹ tshjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.n̥ˁi[ŋ]/ /*tsʰiw/
English thousand autumn; crop

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 千 秋
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10792 10537
Phonetic
component
人 秋
Rime
group
眞 幽
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
千 秋
Old
Chinese
/*sn̥ʰiːn/ /*sʰɯw/
Notes 小徐人聲,甲文乃借人加一

Noun

千秋

  1. thousand years; millennium; (figurative) a very long time
  2. (honorific) birthday (of an elderly person)
  3. strength; advantage
Synonyms
  • (thousand years):
  • 千春 (qiānchūn) (literary)
  • (birthday):
  • 千春 (qiānchūn) (literary, of an elderly person)
  • 生日 (shēngrì)
  • 生朝 (shēngzhāo) (literary)
  • 生辰 (shēngchén) (literary)
  • (strength):
Antonyms
  • (strength):
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 千秋 – see 韆鞦 (“swing”).
(This term, 千秋, is the simplified form of 韆鞦.)
Notes:

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
千 秋
せん
Grade: 1
しゅう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

千(せん)秋(しゅう) • (senshū) ←せんしう (sensiu)?

  1. a thousand years; long years
  2. Short for 千秋万歳 (senshū banzei).

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
千 秋
ち
Grade: 1
あき
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕia̠kʲi]

Proper noun

千(ち)秋(あき) • (Chiaki) 

  1. a male or female given name

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
千秋

Noun

千秋 • (cheonchu) (hangeul 천추)

  1. Hanja form? of 천추.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
千秋

Noun

千秋

  1. chữ Hán form of thiên thu.
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