本命年

Chinese

		the heavenly stem and earthly branch associated with a person's birth year	year
simp. and trad. (本命年)		本命	年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnmìngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² ming⁶ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnmìngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnmìngnián
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-ming⁴-nien²
    • Yale: běn-mìng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenminqnian
    • Palladius: бэньминнянь (bɛnʹminnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² ming⁶ nin⁴
    • Yale: bún mihng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² ming⁶ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² ming⁶ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ mɪŋ²² niːn²¹/

Noun

本命年

1. year of one's birth sign; zodiac year