thiên niên kỉ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

thiên niên kỷ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 千年紀, composed of 千年 (“1000 years; millennium”) and 紀 (“period”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ niən˧˧ ki˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ niəŋ˧˧ kɪj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ niəŋ˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

thiên niên kỉ

a millennium (one thousand years)

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