thiên niên kỉ
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 千年紀, composed of 千年 (“1000 years; millennium”) and 紀 (“period”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiən˧˧ niən˧˧ ki˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ niəŋ˧˧ kɪj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ niəŋ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
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Noun edit
- a millennium (one thousand years)