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萬歲

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: bhuêng7 suê3
POJ: buēng-suè
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

interjection: long live!, hooray
萬歲

Wiktionary tags this sense as a verb ('to long live, in exclamations'); classified here as an interjection since it functions as an exclamatory cheer, and a separate historical noun sense 'Your Majesty/the emperor' shares the same reading.

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