vạn tuế
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 萬歲, composed of 萬 (“ten thousand”) and 歲 (“years of age”); doublet of muôn tuổi.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːn˧˨ʔ twe˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ twej˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾ej˦˥] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾ej˦˥]
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Interjection
- (archaic, to a monarch) long live
See also
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