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年齡
年齡
See also: 年龄
Chinese
| year | age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (年齡) | 年 | 齡 | |
| simp. (年龄) | 年 | 龄 | |
Noun
年齡
- age (of a person, plant, heavenly body, etc.)
Usage notes
年齡／年龄 (niánlíng) and 年紀／年纪 (niánjì) are different in that the former can refer to the age of a person, plant or heavenly body, while the latter can only refer to the age of a person.
Synonyms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): nin4 ling4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-lìn / ngiàn-lìn
- Min Nan (POJ): liân-lêng / nî-lêng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianling
- IPA (key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ liŋ³⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: nin4 ling4
- Yale: nìhn lìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: nin4 ling4
- IPA (key): /niːn²¹ lɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-lìn
- Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ linˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngian2 lin2
- IPA: /ɲi̯en¹¹ lin¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-lìn
- Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ linˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngian2 lin2
- IPA: /ɲi̯an¹¹ lin¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-lêng
- Tâi-lô: liân-lîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: lienleeng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lêng
- Tâi-lô: nî-lîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: nileeng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ni²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ni²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ni²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)