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