千歲

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): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • 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

1. thousand years; millennium
2. 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

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