천년

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 千年, from 千 (“thousand”) + 年 (“year”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheonnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnnyŏn
Yale Romanization?chēnnyen

Noun

천년 • (cheonnyeon) (hanja 千年)

  1. a millennium; a thousand years

See also

Korean number-counter combinations for 년(年) (nyeon)
1 2 3 4 5
일년(一年) (illyeon) 이년(二年) (inyeon) 삼년(三年) (samnyeon) 사년(四年) (sanyeon) 오년(五年) (onyeon)
6 7 8 9 10
육년(六年) (yungnyeon) 칠년(七年) (chillyeon) 팔년(八年) (pallyeon) 구년(九年) (gunyeon) 십년(十年) (simnyeon)
100 1,000 10,000 How many?
What year?
백년(百年) (baengnyeon) 천년(千年) (cheonnyeon) 만년(萬年) (mannyeon) 하년(何年) (hanyeon)
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