千禧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānxǐ, qiānxī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄒㄧˇ, ㄑㄧㄢㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ hei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄒㄧˇ
  - 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: ㄑㄧㄢㄒㄧ
  - 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

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)

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