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): ㄑㄧㄢㄙㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciansuèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-sui⁴
  - Yale: chyān-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiansuey
  - Palladius: цяньсуй (cjanʹsuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵ sweɪ̯⁵¹/

Etymology 1

Attestable in Classical Chinese.

Noun

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(ち)歳(とせ) (Chitose).

Proper noun

千歲

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

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