萬歲

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
Literally: “ten thousand years”.

Pronunciation

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! [Pinyin]
    [May] my Emperor [live and reign for] 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
ばん
Jinmeiyō		 ぜい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Proper noun

萬歲 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 万歳, hiragana ばんぜい, rōmaji Banzei)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 万歳 (“long live”)

Korean
Hanja in this term
萬歲

Noun

萬歲 • (manse) (hangeul 만세)

  1. Hanja form? of 만세 (“long live”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
萬歲

Noun

萬歲

  1. Hán tự form of vạn tuế (“long live”).
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