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中年

中年

Chinese

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

Adjective

中年

middle-aged

Noun

中年

middle age

Japanese

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

Noun

中年 ‎(hiragana ちゅうねん, romaji chūnen)

middle age

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhōngnián

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhōngnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongnian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    中年
    終年／终年
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ nin⁴
  - Yale: jūng nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-ngiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ ngianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ ngian²
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (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/