Chinese Word Entry
兩千年Simplified Chinese form: 两千年
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄢˊ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | liǎng qiān nián |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | loeng5 cin1 nin4 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 兩 | old Japanese coin, both, counter for vehicles, two, pair, couple, ounce |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄌㄧㄤˇ (liǎng), ㄌㄧㄤˋ (liàng) |
| Cantonese: | loeng5 |
| Japanese: | リョウ (ryou) / ふたつ (futatsu) |
| Korean: | 량 (ryang), 양 (yang) |
| Vietnamese: | lưỡng, lạng |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 两 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 両 |
| 千 | thousand, many, numerous, very, (Cantonese) a cheater, swindler |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄑㄧㄢ (qiān) |
| Cantonese: | cin1 |
| Japanese: | セン (sen) / ち (chi) |
| Korean: | 천 (cheon) |
| Vietnamese: | thiên |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 仟 |
| 年 | year, counter for years, new-years, person's age |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄋㄧㄢˊ (nián), ㄋㄧㄥˋ (nìng) |
| Cantonese: | nin4 |
| Japanese: | ネン (nen) / とし (toshi)、 みのる (minoru)、 よわい (yowai) |
| Korean: | 년 (nyeon), 연 (yeon) |
| Vietnamese: | niên, nên |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 秊 |