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荒年

荒年

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	year
simp. and trad. (荒年)		荒	年

Noun

荒年

a famine year; a lean year

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huāngnián

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤㄋㄧㄢˊ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fông-ngièn / fông-ngiàn
Min Nan (POJ): hong-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huāngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangnian
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong´ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /foŋ²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong´ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /foŋ²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-liân
  - Tâi-lô: hong-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honglieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/