生年

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	year
simp. and trad. (生年)		生	年
anagram		年生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ nin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengnián
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-nien²
  - Yale: shēng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengnian
  - Palladius: шэннянь (šɛnnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: sāng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

生年

year of birth
number of years since one was born; age

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “year of birth”): 卒年 (zúnián)

Related terms

生卒年 (shēngzúnián)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
生	年
しょう Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

/syaunen/ → /syoːnen/ [ɕoːnen].

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーねん [shóꜜònèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) しょーねん [shòónéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

生(しょう)年(ねん) • (shōnen) ^{←しやうねん (syaunen)^?}

number of years since one was born; age

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
生	年
せい Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーねん [sèénéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

生(せい)年(ねん) • (seinen)

year of birth
number of years since one was born; age

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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