千禧

Chinese

		thousand	favourable luck; good fortune
simp. and trad. (千禧)		千	禧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānxǐ, qiānxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˇ, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciansǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-hsi³
    • Yale: chyān-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshii
    • Palladius: цяньси (cjanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciansi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: chyān-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshi
    • Palladius: цяньси (cjanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ hei¹
    • Yale: chīn hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ hei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

千禧

1. Short for 千禧年 (qiānxǐnián, “a year at the turn of the millennium, especially the year 2000”).

Derived terms

• 千禧年代 (qiānxǐ niándài)