萬歲

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See also: 万歳 and 万岁

Chinese

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ten thousand; a great number; surname year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (萬歲) 萬 歲
simp. (万岁) 万 岁
alternative forms 万歲
Literally: “ten thousand years”.
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 萬 歲
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 祭 (36)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 無販切 相銳切
Baxter mjonH sjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mʉɐnH/ /siuᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷiɐnH/ /sʷiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuɐnH/ /siuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muanH/ /swiajH/
Li
Rong 		/miuɐnH/ /siuɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭwɐnH/ /sĭwɛiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mi̯wɐnH/ /si̯wɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wàn suì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		maan6 seoi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 萬 歲
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wàn suì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjonH › ‹ sjwejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.ma-s/ /*s-qʷʰat-s/
English 10000 year

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 萬 歲 歲
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 12633 12165 12175
Phonetic
component 		萬 歲 歲
Rime
group 		元 祭 月
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		万 雪
Old
Chinese 		/*mlans/ /*sqʰʷads/ /*sqʰʷad/
Notes 甲金文戉分化字，
說文戌聲非

Verb

萬歲

  1. to long live (in exclamations); may ... have a long life; hooray
    祖國萬歲！／祖国万岁！  ―  Zǔguó wànsuì!  ―  Long live the motherland!
    吾皇萬歲萬歲萬萬歲！ [MSC, trad.]
    吾皇万岁万岁万万岁！ [MSC, simp.]
    Wúhuáng wànsuì wànsuì wànwànsuì!
    my Emperor ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand of ten thousand years! (chant in imperial Chinese courts)
  2. (Cantonese, colloquial) to treat or shout others to a meal

Usage notes

Traditionally, the phrase ten thousand years is only reserved for the emperors, while empress consorts and empresses dowager are addressed with the phrase thousand years (千歲／千岁). In modern times, this is also applied to leaders of a country, the country itself, as well as being used as a general expression of enthusiasm.

Noun

萬歲

  1. (historical) Your Majesty; the emperor

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬歲):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬 歲
Jinmeiyō Hyōgai
For pronunciation and definitions of 萬歲 – see the following entries.
【万歳ばんざい】
an extremely long period of time
(raising one's hands three times in cheer) raising ones hands
(raising one's hands in defeat) business troubles, bankruptcy
an expression of celebration
【万歳ばんぜい】
an extremely long period of time
long life and glory
death
an expression of celebration
【万歳まんざい】
an extremely long period of time
(historical) alternative form of 萬歳 (“Edo manzai (a traditional New Year performance)”)
a song and dance to celebrate a new year
a song sung to celebrate a new year
an expression of celebration
(This term, 萬歲, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
【萬歳まんざい】
(historical) door-to-door manzai; Edo manzai (a traditional Japanese performing art in which performers wish patrons long life and prosperity as part of New Year festivities)
Alternative spellings
万歳, 万才
(This term, 萬歲, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (万歳) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬歲

Interjection

萬歲 • (manse) (hangeul 만세)

  1. hanja form? of 만세 (“long live”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬歲

Interjection

萬歲

  1. chữ Hán form of vạn tuế (“(archaic, to a monarch) long live”).

See also

Noun

(classifier cây) 萬歲

  1. chữ Hán form of vạn tuế (“sago palm (Cycas revoluta)”).

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