暮年

Chinese

		evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing	year
trad. (暮年)		暮	年
simp. #(暮年)		暮	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ nin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùnián
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-nien²
    • Yale: mù-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhnian
    • Palladius: мунянь (munjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ nin⁴
    • Yale: mouh nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² niːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-liân
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/

Noun

暮年

1. declining years; old age; evening of one's life

Synonyms

• 夕陽／夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
• 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 晚年 (wǎnnián)
• 白頭／白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
• 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
• 老年 (lǎonián)
• 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
• 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
• 遲暮／迟暮 (chímù) (literary)
• 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
• 餘年／余年 (yúnián)