年月

Chinese

		year	moon; month
simp. and trad. (年月)		年	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niányuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ jyut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-ge̍rh / nî-ge̍h / nî-goe̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niányuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niányuè
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: nyán-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianyueh
    • Palladius: няньюэ (njanʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: nìhn yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ jyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: nî-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ɡəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: nî-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'geh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: nî-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'goeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² ɡueʔ¹²¹/

Noun

年月

1. days; years
2. (informal) time; age; era; period

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
年	月
とし Grade: 1	つき Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕit͡sɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

年(とし)月(つき) • (toshitsuki) 

1. years, passing of time, time

Synonyms

• 歳月(さいがつ) (saigatsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
年	月
ねん Grade: 1	げつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

年(ねん)月(げつ) • (nengetsu) 

1. years, passing of time, time

Synonyms

• 歳月(さいがつ) (saigatsu)