中年

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	year
simp. and trad. (中年)		中	年
anagram		年中

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-ngièn / chûng-ngiàn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiong-liân

(Teochew, Peng'im): dong¹ ni⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhongnián
  - Wade–Giles: chung¹-nien²
  - Yale: jūng-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongnian
  - Palladius: чжуннянь (čžunnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中年
    終年／终年
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zung¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: jūng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    中年
    終年／终年
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ ngien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ ngian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ŋi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-liân
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dionglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dong¹ ni⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tong nî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ³³⁻²³ ni⁵⁵/

Adjective

中年

(attributive) middle-aged
中年男子 ― zhōngnián nánzǐ ― middle-aged male

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 半老老, 半老少

Noun

中年

middle age

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	年
ちゅう Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゅうねん [chùúnéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)年(ねん) • (chūnen)

middle age

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	年

Noun

中年 • (jungnyeon) (hangeul 중년)

hanja form^? of 중년 (“middle age”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
中	年

Noun

中年

chữ Hán form of trung niên (“middle age”).

Adjective

中年

chữ Hán form of trung niên (“middle-aged”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 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

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