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幼年

幼年

Chinese

		young	year
simp. and trad. (幼年)		幼	年
anagram		年幼

Noun

幼年

childhood

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幼	年
よう Grade: 6	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

幼年 ‎(hiragana ようねん, romaji yōnen)

childhood
幼年時代 (ようねんじだい)の記憶 (きおく)

yōnen jidai no kioku

memories of childhood

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yòunián

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³ nin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu-ngièn / yu-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): iù-nî / iù-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòunián
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yownian
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau³ nin⁴
  - Yale: yau nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ ngian²
  - IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴ ngian²
  - IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-nî
  - Tâi-lô: iù-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuonii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹⁻⁵³ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹⁻⁴¹ ni²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ ni¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù-liân
  - Tâi-lô: iù-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuolieen
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/