Chinese

Noun

光年

1. light year

Japanese

Etymology

/kwaunen/ > /kwoːnen/ > /koːnen/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koːnen]

Counter

光年 ‎(hiragana こうねん, romaji -kōnen, historical hiragana くゎうねん)

1. a light year (a unit of length equivalent to the distance that light travels in a year)

   宇宙 (うちゅう)の直径 (ちょっけい)は約 (やく)930億 (おく)光年 (こうねん)だ。

   Uchū no chokkei wa yaku 930 oku kōnen da.

   The diameter of the universe is some ninety-three billion light years.

Korean

Noun

光年 • ‎(gwangnyeon) ‎(hangeul 광년)

1. Hanja form^? of 광년, “light year”.