萬歲

简 万岁 · 繁 萬歲
Mandarin · pinyin wàn suì

Meanings

  1. Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!
  2. Your Majesty
  3. His Majesty
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萬
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歲
suì · year; age; harvest
万
wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable
岁
suì · year; age; harvest
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4–4 · wan4 sui4

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maan6 seoi3

Cantonese word readings for 萬歲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. to long live (in exclamations); may ... have a long life; hooray
  2. (Cantonese, colloquial) to treat or shout others to a meal

noun

  1. (historical) Your Majesty; the emperor

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