thiên tuế

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 千歲, composed of (thousand) and (years of age).

Compare vạn tuế (Cycas revoluta, literally ten thousand years). The Cycas species are so named likely because of their long lifespan.

Pronunciation

Interjection

thiên tuế

  1. (archaic, to an East Asian empress consort or queen consort) long live
    Hoàng hậu thiên tuế! Thiên tuế! Thiên thiên tuế!
    Long live the empress consort!

Noun

(classifier cây) thiên tuế

  1. Cycas pectinata

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