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
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ seoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-sòe

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): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ seoi³
  - Yale: chīn seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ sêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiensoex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ sue¹¹/

Etymology 1

Attestable in Classical Chinese.

Noun

千歲

a millennium; a thousand years
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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	歲
ち Grade: 1	とせ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
千	歲
ち Grade: 1	とせ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 千歲 – see the following entry.

【千歳ちとせ】

[noun] synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)

[proper noun] a female given name

[proper noun] Chitose (a city in Ishikari subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a district of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Chitose district, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōtomari district, Karafuto prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Higashimurayama district, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Asai district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Awa district, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Minamikuwada district, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Kitatama district, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Kanzaki district, Saga Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] (historical) Chitose (a village in Ōno district, Ōita Prefecture, Japan)

Alternative spelling
千年

【千歳せんざい】

[noun] synonym of 千年 (sennen, “a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)

[noun] a role in the 翁 (Okina) routine in Noh

Alternative spelling
千載

(This term, 千歲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
千	歲

Noun

千歲 • (cheonse) (hangeul 천세)

hanja form^? of 천세 (“a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
千	歲

Interjection

千歲

chữ Hán form of thiên tuế (“long live”)