thiên tuế
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 千歲, composed of 千 (“thousand”) and 歲 (“years of age”). Compare vạn tuế (literally “ten thousand years”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiən˧˧ twe˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ twej˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾ej˦˥]
Interjection
thiên tuế
- (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!