生年

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	year
simp. and trad. (生年)		生	年
anagram		年生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengnián
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-nien²
    • Yale: shēng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengnian
    • Palladius: шэннянь (šɛnnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: sāng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/

Noun

生年

1. year of birth
2. number of years since one was born; age

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “year of birth”): 卒年 (zúnián)

Related terms

• 生卒年 (shēngzúnián)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
生	年
しょう Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

/syaunen/ → /syoːnen/ [ɕoːnen].

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーねん [shóꜜònèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しょーねん [shòónéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

生(しょう)年(ねん) • (shōnen) ^{←しやうねん (syaunen)?}

1. number of years since one was born; age

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
生	年
せい Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーねん [sèénéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

生(せい)年(ねん) • (seinen) 

1. year of birth
2. number of years since one was born; age