早年

Chinese

		early; morning	year
simp. and trad. (早年)		早	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎonián

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chó-ngièn / chó-ngiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎonián
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎonián
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-nien²
    • Yale: dzǎu-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaonian
    • Palladius: цзаонянь (czaonjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² nin⁴
    • Yale: jóu nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo` ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo<sup>3</sup> ngian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ ŋi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo` ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ ŋi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-nî
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafnii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nĩ²³/

Noun

早年

1. many years ago
2. one's early years; adolescence
3. early Chinese New Year('s greeting)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “one's early years”): 晚年 (wǎnnián), 中年 (zhōngnián)

Derived terms

• 拜早年 (bàizǎonián)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (早年):

• → Japanese: 早年(そうねん) (sōnen)
• → Korean: 조년(早年) (jonyeon)