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nian

1. accusative singular of nia

nian

1. Nonstandard spelling of niān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of niǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of niàn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

nian

1. definite singular of nia

   Jag går i nian ― I'm in ninth grade

2. (slang) the face

• -inna, Nina

nian

1. day

• Jeremy Hammond, The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu (2009), p. 68

• IPA^(key): [nʲɛ̃]

From Mandarin 年 (nián).

nian

1. year

   Synonym: lo

   xo wang san nian-de ggo jjhayek jjhang-la-lio ze-li.

   Xiao Wang has studied Chinese for three years.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 193)

From Mandarin 念 (niàn).

nian

1. to read

   ni ma-ge nian-di-yek?

   What are you reading?

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 207)

2. to recite

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

• níran (SEY)
• nírọn (Ijebu)

From ní (“to have”) +‎ ìan (“memory”), literally “to have a memory”

• IPA^(key): /nĩ́.ꜜã̄/

nían

1. (Ondo) Alternative form of níran (“to remember”)

   Synonyms: ántí, yèè

2. (Ondo) Alternative form of níran (“to remind someone”)

   Synonyms: ránlétí, yèlérè

• ìnían (“remembrance”)

• wòan
• ían (“to see”)