萬歲

See also: 万歳 and 万岁

Chinese

	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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ seoi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-soi / van-sui
Min Nan (POJ): bān-sòe
Wu (Wiktionary): ve soe (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannsuey
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ seoi³
  - Yale: maahn seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ sêu³
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːn²² sɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-soi
  - Hakka Romanization System: van soi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ soi⁴
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ so̯i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-sui
  - Hakka Romanization System: van sui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ sui⁴
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ su̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: bān-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsoex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ sue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² sue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ sue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ sue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ sue²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ve soe (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /v̻e̞²² sø⁴⁴/

Verb

萬歲

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)
(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

(historical) Your Majesty; the emperor

Derived terms

千秋萬歲／千秋万岁 (qiānqiū wànsuì)
山呼萬歲／山呼万岁
萬歲千秋／万岁千秋

萬歲子／万岁子
萬歲爺／万岁爷
萬萬歲／万万岁 (wànwànsuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬歲):

Japanese: 万歳 (ばんざい) (banzai); 万歳 (まんざい) (manzai)
Korean: 만세 (萬歲, manse)
Vietnamese: vạn tuế (萬歲)

Others:

Vietnamese: muôn tuổi, muôn năm (calques)

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