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Definition 2024

See also: 万歳 and 万岁

	ten thousand; a great number; Wan (surname)	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (萬歲)	萬	歲
simp. (万岁)	万	岁
Literally: “ten thousand years”.

萬歲

Sino-Xenic (萬歲):

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - 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
  - 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): /v̻ᴇ²² sø⁴⁴/