천년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 千年.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɘ(ː)nɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [천(ː)년]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheonnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnnyŏn
Yale Romanization?chēnnyen

Noun

천년 • (cheonnyeon) (hanja 千年)

  1. a millennium; a thousand years

See also
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