永年

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	year
simp. and trad. (永年)		永	年

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 永年 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Yongnian District (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngnián
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-nien²
    • Yale: yǔng-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongnian
    • Palladius: юннянь (junnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ nin⁴
    • Yale: wíhng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ niːn²¹/

Noun

永年

1. all year round
2. long life; longevity

Synonyms

• (all year round):

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• 一年到暗 (Hakka)
• 一年到頭／一年到头 (yīniándàotóu)
• 一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
• 全年 (quánnián)
• 四季 (sìjì)
• 四時／四时 (sìshí)
• 夠年／够年 (gao³ ni⁵) (Teochew)
• 完年 (Hakka)
• 常年 (chángnián)
• 成年 (chéngnián) (informal)
• 整年 (zhěngnián)
• 歲時／岁时 (suìshí)
• 終年／终年 (zhōngnián) (literary)
• 終歲／终岁 (zhōngsuì) (literary)
• 規圇年／规囵年 (Hokkien)
• 規年／规年 (Hokkien)
• 規年通天／规年通天 (Hokkien)
• 透年 (Hokkien)
• 長年／长年

 

Proper noun

永年

1. (～區) Yongnian (a district of Handan, Hebei, China)
2. (～縣) (historical) Yongnian County in Handan Prefecture, Hebei, China.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	年
えい Grade: 5	ねん Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーねん [èénéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

永(えい)年(ねん) • (einen) 

1. many years, long time

Derived terms

• 永(えい)年(ねん)変(へん)化(か) (einen henka)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 永年 – see the following entry.

【長年ながねん】 [noun] many years

(This term, 永年, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN