Ten thousand years

Ten thousand years
Ten thousand years
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	萬歲
Simplified Chinese	万岁
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	wànsuì
Bopomofo	ㄨㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	wannsuey
Wade–Giles	wan4-sui4
Wu
Romanization	vae去 soe去
Hakka
Romanization	van4 soi4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	maahn seui
Jyutping	maan6 seoi3
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	bān soè
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	vạn tuế; muôn tuổi; muôn năm
Chữ Hán	萬歲
Chữ Nôm	𨷈𣦮; 𨷈𢆥
Korean name
Hangul	만세
Hanja	萬歲
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	manse
Japanese name
Hiragana	ばんざい
Kyūjitai	萬歲
Shinjitai	万歳
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	banzai

In various East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, the phrase "Wànsuì", "Banzai", "Manse", and "Vạn tuế", respectively, meaning "myriad years" is used to wish long life, and is typically translated as "Long live" in English. The phrase originated in ancient China as an expression used to wish long life to the emperor. Due to the historical political and cultural influence of Chinese culture on the East Asian cultural sphere, in the area, and in particular of the Classical Chinese language, cognates with similar meanings and usage patterns have appeared in many East Asian languages and Vietnamese. In some countries, this phrase is mundanely used when expressing feeling of triumph, typically shouted by crowds.

^ ^a ^b ^c Viện Ngôn ngữ học (2003). Từ điển tiếng Việt. Nhà xuất bản Đà Nẵng, Trung tâm Từ điển học. p. 1097.

[Viện_Ngôn_ngữ_học_2003_p._1097-1] Viện Ngôn ngữ học (2003). Từ điển tiếng Việt. Nhà xuất bản Đà Nẵng, Trung tâm Từ điển học. p. 1097.

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