年事

Chinese

		year	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (年事)		年	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-sṳ / ngiàn-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-shih⁴
    • Yale: nyán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianshyh
    • Palladius: няньши (njanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: nìhn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-sū
    • Tâi-lô: nî-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nisu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ su³³/

Noun

年事

1. years of age (chiefly of older people)

   他年事已高，又被多種疾病困擾。 [MSC, trad.]
   他年事已高，又被多种疾病困扰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā niánshì yǐ gāo, yòu bèi duōzhǒng jíbìng kùnrǎo. [Pinyin]

   He is advanced in years and troubled by various diseases.

Synonyms

• 年歲／年岁 (niánsuì)
• 年紀／年纪 (niánjì)
• 年齒／年齿 (niánchǐ) (literary, of a person, in years)
• 年齡／年龄 (niánlíng)
• 歲子／岁子 (Hokkien)
• 歲數／岁数 (suìshu)
• 歲聲／岁声 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 歲頭／岁头 (Hokkien)
• 齒髮／齿发 (chǐfà) (literary, humble)