年長

See also: 年长

Chinese

		year	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (年長)		年	長
simp. (年长)		年	长
anagram		長年／长年

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niánzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nin⁴ zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-chóng / ngiàn-chóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nî-tióng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁵ ziang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niánzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niánjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: nien²-chang³
    • Yale: nyán-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianjaang
    • Palladius: няньчжан (njanʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nin⁴ zoeng²
    • Yale: nìhn jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nin⁴ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nin⁴ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːn²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˇ zong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˇ zong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: nî-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'diorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ni⁵ ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Adjective

年長

1. older (in age); senior; elder

Synonyms

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• 下架 (xia⁵ jia⁴) (Xiang)
• 垂老 (chuílǎo) (literary)
• 年歲大／年岁大 (niánsuì dà)
• 年紀大／年纪大 (niánjì dà)
• 年老 (niánlǎo)
• 老 (lǎo)
• 老大 (lǎodà) (literary)
• 老邁／老迈 (lǎomài) (senile)
• 蒼老／苍老 (cānglǎo)
• 衰老 (shuāilǎo) (senile)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	長
ねん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんちょー [nèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

年(ねん)長(ちょう) • (nenchō) 

1. seniority
   • 1946, 織田作之助, それでも私は行く:

     千枝子(ちえこ)は弓子(ゆみこ)より二(ふた)つ年長(ねんちょう)でありながら、何(なん)か自分(じぶん)の方(ほう)が年下(としした)のような負(ま)け目(め)を感(かん)じていた。

     Chieko wa yumiko yori futatsu nenchō de ari nagara, nanka jibun no hō ga toshishita no yō na makeme o kanjite ita.

     Chieko was two years Yumiko's senior, but at the same time she felt like her junior and subordinate.

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN