만년

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 晚年 (old age).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)nɲʌ̹n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?mannyeon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?mannyeon
    McCune–Reischauer?mannyŏn
    Yale Romanization?mānnyen

    Noun

    만년 • (mannyeon) (hanja 晚年)

    1. old age
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 萬年, from (ten thousand) + (year).

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?mannyeon
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?mannyeon
      McCune–Reischauer?mannyŏn
      Yale Romanization?mannyen

      Noun

      만년 • (mannyeon) (hanja 萬年)

      1. a ten thousand year

      See also

      Korean number-counter combinations for 년(年) (nyeon)
      1 2 3 4 5
      일년(一年) (illyeon) 이년(二年) (inyeon) 삼년(三年) (samnyeon) 사년(四年) (sanyeon) 오년(五年) (onyeon)
      6 7 8 9 10
      육년(六年) (yungnyeon) 칠년(七年) (chillyeon) 팔년(八年) (pallyeon) 구년(九年) (gunyeon) 십년(十年) (simnyeon)
      100 1,000 10,000 How many?
      What year?
      백년(百年) (baengnyeon) 천년(千年) (cheonnyeon) 만년(萬年) (mannyeon) 하년(何年) (hanyeon)