初年

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	year
simp. and trad. (初年)		初	年
anagram		年初

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-nien²
    • Yale: chū-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chunian
    • Palladius: чунянь (čunjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: chō nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

初年

1. first years of a historical period
2. (formal) first spring month (i.e. first month of the lunar year)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
初	年
しょ Grade: 4	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

初(しょ)年(ねん) • (shonen) 

1. the first year that something is begun
2. the early years of a period

Derived terms

• 初年兵(しょねんへい) (shonenhei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
初	年
はつ Grade: 4	とし Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

初(はつ)年(とし) • (hatsutoshi) 

1. a new year