千年

Chinese

thousand year
simp. and trad.
(千年)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (8)
Final () (85) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter tshen nen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /nen/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /nen/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /nɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /nɛn/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /nen/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /nien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /nien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān nián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 nin4

Noun

千年

  1. a millennium; a thousand years; (figurative) a very long time
    千年寿千年  ―  Zhǐ shòu qiānnián.  ―  Xuan paper has a shelf life of one thousand years.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 1
ねん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んねん [séꜜǹnèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞nːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(せん)(ねん) • (sennenせんねん (sennen)?

  1. a millennium; a thousand years

Synonyms

See also

  • ミレニアム (mireniamu)
  • Japanese counter/suffix: (ねん, nen, "years")
    NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
    1一年いちねんichinen
    2二年にねんninen
    3三年さんねんsannen
    4四年よねんyonen
    5五年ごねんgonen
    6六年ろくねんrokunen
    7七年ななねん、しちねんnananen, shichinen
    8八年はちねんhachinen
    9九年きゅうねん、くねんkyūnen, kunen
    10十年じゅうねんjūnen
    11十一年じゅういちねんjūichinen
    12十二年じゅうにねんjūninen
    13十三年じゅうさんねんjūsannen
    20二十年にじゅうねんnijūnen
    21二十一年にじゅういちねんnijūichinen
    100百年ひゃくねんhyakunen
    1,000千年せんねんsennen
    10,000一万年いちまんねんichimannen
    100,000,000一億年いちおくねんichiokunen
    00年零年ゼロねん、れいねんzeronen, reinen
    ?何年なんねんnannen

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

千年 • (Cheonnyeon) (hangeul 천년)

  1. hanja form? of 천년 (a millennium; a thousand years)