천년
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 千年, from 千 (“thousand”) + 年 (“year”).
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)
- a millennium; a thousand years
See also
- 밀레니엄 (millenieom)
| 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? |
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| 백년(百年) (baengnyeon) | 천년(千年) (cheonnyeon) | 만년(萬年) (mannyeon) | 하년(何年) (hanyeon) | |